Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 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
14.6° 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 8AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)9101010101191510101414141414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2772502181761311179093828682818282827967787471701027069
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
10
S
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
10
WNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
N
0
N
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffglassononglasscross-
off
offglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
1.70
10:07PM
2.29
11:31AM
1.61
10:45PM
2.33
12:34PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
0.23
3:52PM
0.79
5:08AM
0.12
4:26PM
0.92
6:01AM
0.09
5:03PM
1.04
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise--6:26-------6:24-------6:24-----
Sunset-----7:32-------7:34-------7:35--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141215202120171515151822222117161615172121201513
Feels °C (?)11812171816131111121519181814131413151818171311
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