Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm 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
15.4° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
2
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
Period(s) (?)10101011111111111110101010109799131212677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142211791012875643494422415343227133102943622174016161515151515
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
15
SSE
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
N
5
NE
5
N
10
N
5
NW
5
SW
10
W
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
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglassglassoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
1.86
11:06AM
1.75
11:41PM
1.92
12:01PM
1.54
12:18AM
1.96
1:15PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
0.72
5:14PM
0.61
6:09AM
0.68
5:41PM
0.78
7:19AM
0.65
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----6:39-------6:39-------6:37---
Sunset-------5:47-------5:49-------5:50
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C108777121514988881315141110999162019
Feels °C (?)43333811116555591112109766141716
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