Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 20 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
15.4° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 10AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)10111111111111101010101097913131212677711
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90176964350336335634322713310294362217401616151515152526154
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
5
E
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSW
0
SSW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
10
N
5
NW
5
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassoffglassoffoffglasscross-
on
crossoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
1.86
11:06AM
1.75
11:41PM
1.92
12:01PM
1.54
12:18AM
1.96
1:15PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
0.72
5:14PM
0.61
6:09AM
0.68
5:41PM
0.78
7:19AM
0.65
6:11PM
0.95
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise--6:39-------6:39-------6:37-----
Sunset-----5:47-------5:49-------5:50--
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C76712151498889131514111010991619191514
Feels °C (?)3138111165556911111088661416171312
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