Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 04 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.5°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 9AM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.7
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
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.6
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)11111118181818171716161616161515151515151461414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)135123118165160158107153140135134132183127121161112110110109107148104101
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
W
15
W
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffononcrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
2.03
12:21PM
1.50
11:27PM
1.99
1:16PM
1.38
11:55PM
1.93
2:36PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:59AM
0.41
5:11PM
1.02
6:43AM
0.46
5:30PM
1.14
7:34AM
0.53
5:39PM
1.23
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--6:43-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:23-------7:24--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181819262627211919182026252419171616172326241514
Feels °C (?)151415222223171515141723222116141313152123191010
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