Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 03 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
16.3° C
(Which is 2.7°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 9PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)--
Afternoon (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
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
Period(s) (?)111111111111111818181817171616161616151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)210173173138135123118165160158107153140135134132183127121161112110110109
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33AM
1.61
11:01PM
2.03
12:21PM
1.50
11:27PM
1.99
1:16PM
1.38
11:55PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
0.90
5:59AM
0.41
5:11PM
1.02
6:43AM
0.46
5:30PM
1.14
7:34AM
0.53
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------6:43-------6:41-------6:41-
Sunset-7:22-------7:22-------7:23------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232218181817192626272019191820262625201717171824
Feels °C (?)201916161413152322221615151417232222171414141622
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tajiguas Ranch surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest