Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 11 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
15.2° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 5AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
W
1.2
WNW
1.5
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)16161515151515101010101010101014141414888716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16216015614817416916729634635635630624529443111011310310112813313011766
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
WSW
5
NW
10
NW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise----6:33-------6:31-------6:30---
Sunset-------7:29-------7:30-------7:30
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1121--------------------
Temp. °C14141413131617161311109121719181210101012182119
Feels °C (?)131312121213131210886913121187779151715
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