Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 19 Feb 2026 PST
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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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.9°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 6AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (19 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (19 Feb)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
0
0
0
2
2
3
4
2
3
3
2
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.9
W
2.4
W
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212789101010111111111111101010101099913
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8416577353316631051145113061039903619551494469408222133102943622414016
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
S
15
SW
25
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
15
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
1.79
10:21AM
1.93
11:09PM
1.86
11:06AM
1.75
11:41PM
1.92
12:01PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:22AM
0.77
4:47PM
0.45
5:12AM
0.72
5:14PM
0.61
6:09AM
0.68
5:41PM
0.78
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise--6:41-------6:39-------6:39-----
Sunset-----5:46-------5:47-------5:49--
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--361-------------------
Temp. °C9101013131197787121414988881314131110
Feels °C (?)787864233337995555591011109
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