Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 15 Mar 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
14.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 2PM is: 0.4m 21s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Afternoon (15 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Evening (15 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

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


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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)202021201919191818181817171616161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1291291361251181812581641571541522971451331301291731461221408687125146
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
0
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
W
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassonglassoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
1.96
9:22PM
1.63
8:26AM
2.02
9:39PM
1.73
9:06AM
2.03
9:59PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50PM
0.32
2:28AM
0.99
3:16PM
0.31
3:07AM
0.83
3:42PM
0.35
3:47AM
0.68
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise7:11-------7:09-------7:07-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:07-------7:08----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C162324242020191920262726232222222329292724242323
Feels °C (?)152322241918171719252525232121212228282624242323
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