Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 01 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 2AM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 01). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (02 Apr)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (02 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


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Wed
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
1.3
WNW
1.7
W
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
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
Period(s) (?)131315131556676910101111111111111111181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)454545454375177329394227257295214202210173173173138135118165160158
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffglassoncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
2.02
10:49AM
1.73
10:37PM
2.04
11:33AM
1.61
11:01PM
2.03
12:21PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
0.45
4:26PM
0.76
5:19AM
0.41
4:50PM
0.90
5:59AM
0.41
Wed
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise----6:46-------6:45-------6:43---
Sunset-------7:21-------7:22-------7:22
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151213121320232215121110132022211717171719262525
Feels °C (?)13101191016171611876101719181414131315232121
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