Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 07 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
15.7° C
(Which is 2.2°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: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
1.4
WNW
0.4
SW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.4
S
2
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
1
WNW
1
W
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)14618777136161616162099161718181818151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89150909912586542701271276575127189160127202276276276276110148178
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
1.77
2:15AM
1.69
8:15PM
1.45
3:50AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
0.62
11:15AM
0.60
10:02PM
1.44
12:10PM
0.55
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise----6:37-------6:37-------6:35---
Sunset-------7:25-------7:27-------7:28
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------111
Temp. °C171716161827292618151516172324221715141415181817
Feels °C (?)141413131524252115121314152120181514131314171715
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