Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 20 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
15.7° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 4PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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
Mon
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.3
SW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121212121111111111111111101010101010992199
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1471691691721691491491551631511201181162222553073073482952597376206211
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
0
NE
5
SW
10
SW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:22AM
1.76
11:20PM
2.12
12:17PM
1.60
11:56PM
2.14
1:23PM
1.44
12:38AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:15AM
0.43
5:04PM
0.69
6:06AM
0.37
5:34PM
0.84
7:03AM
0.36
6:05PM
1.00
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise7:03-------7:03-------7:01-------
Sunset---7:10-------7:12-------7:13----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222828262022212021252626212019191825262517171818
Feels °C (?)212827262021201920242525211919191825252315161716
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