Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 16 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 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 8AM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Afternoon (16 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (16 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)191818181817171616161616161616151515151515131214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)258164157154152297145133130129173146144140868712514614610785514751
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NE
5
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
0
ENE
5
S
5
S
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
ononcross-
on
offglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26AM
2.02
9:39PM
1.73
9:06AM
2.03
9:59PM
1.84
9:49AM
1.99
10:23PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
0.99
3:16PM
0.31
3:07AM
0.83
3:42PM
0.35
3:47AM
0.68
4:08PM
0.43
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise--7:09-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:07-------7:08-------7:09--
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C201919252727232222222228292824242423232729272323
Feels °C (?)191818242626232120202027282724242423232729262324
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