Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 05 Mar 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
14.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 2PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (05 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)9911111010101111111111111111111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)211222394540659500530511505387394401349278290263210206164158141116114102
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
5
WNW
10
SW
10
W
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
1.80
10:55PM
1.92
11:21AM
1.61
11:22PM
1.90
12:12PM
1.43
11:51PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
0.62
4:39PM
0.63
5:20AM
0.62
5:02PM
0.80
6:09AM
0.65
5:21PM
0.96
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise6:24-------6:22-------6:22-------
Sunset---5:59-------6:00-------6:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111821201411111011192120161414141521232316151515
Feels °C (?)7131514106668171816141111111217181712111111
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