Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 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
14.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 9AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (16 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)78898889101010101011915910141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84828113715123230624928326021816913611790938286548182828280
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
E
10
S
10
SSE
5
SW
5
NW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffglassononglasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
1.76
9:35PM
2.20
10:34AM
1.70
10:07PM
2.29
11:31AM
1.61
10:45PM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36AM
0.41
3:20PM
0.68
4:20AM
0.23
3:52PM
0.79
5:08AM
0.12
4:26PM
0.92
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--6:28-------6:26-------6:24-----
Sunset-----7:31-------7:32-------7:34--
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131416212221151414121519202017151515172122211816
Feels °C (?)11121419191813121191316171613111111141819191613
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