Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 PDT
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Tajiguas surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tajiguas sea temperature is
16.3° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 2AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s

Table - waves today at Tajiguas. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)668101011111111111111111818181817171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)281203181248214202210173173138138123118165160158107153140135134132131127
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SSW
10
SW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
onglasscross-
off
offoffoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
2.04
11:33AM
1.61
11:01PM
2.03
12:21PM
1.50
11:27PM
1.99
1:16PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19AM
0.41
4:50PM
0.90
5:59AM
0.41
5:11PM
1.02
6:43AM
0.46
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----6:45-------6:43-------6:41---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:22-------7:23
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141212111320222218171717182524262118181719242424
Feels °C (?)108971018181915141313142121221714141417212121
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