Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 PDT
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Tajiguas Ranch surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tajiguas Ranch sea temperature is
16.2° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas Ranch today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas Ranch at 7PM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)--
Afternoon (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)5s
Evening (02 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
2
W
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)5667810101111111111111111181818181717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)102284292234211258209202210173173173138135118165160158107153140135134132
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
SW
15
W
5
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
2.04
11:33AM
1.61
11:01PM
2.03
12:21PM
1.50
11:27PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26PM
0.76
5:19AM
0.41
4:50PM
0.90
5:59AM
0.41
5:11PM
1.02
6:43AM
0.46
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------6:45-------6:43-------6:41-
Sunset-7:21-------7:22-------7:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222015131211132023221817181719252626201817171823
Feels °C (?)1614111097101819191514141215212222171514151620
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