Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 22 Feb 2026 PST
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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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 7AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 22). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (22 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.2
SSW
1.1
WNW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)13121277771110101010101011111111121010131112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1615151515162584174194183183183206223223181194232921511729218
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
SW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
0
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
5
N
10
N
10
NW
15
N
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:18AM
1.96
1:15PM
1.34
1:06AM
1.97
3:17PM
1.21
2:09AM
1.97
5:58PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
0.65
6:11PM
0.95
8:48AM
0.61
6:47PM
1.11
10:24AM
0.51
8:03PM
1.24
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset-----5:50-------5:50-------5:51--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C10910161919141314141420222118171614162124231616
Feels °C (?)867141616121011111119201816151311131821201413
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