Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.5°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 12PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
1
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
1.4
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)1414131313413131513155666799101111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)292928282835454545454395209329355265243206214202210173173173
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
W
20
W
25
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:07AM
1.83
10:13PM
2.02
10:49AM
1.73
10:37PM
2.04
11:33AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:03AM
0.52
4:01PM
0.62
4:41AM
0.45
4:26PM
0.76
5:19AM
0.41
4:50PM
0.90
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise--6:48-------6:46-------6:45-----
Sunset-----7:21-------7:21-------7:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141314202120141213111319222215131110132022211717
Feels °C (?)1512131817151191081014161611976101718181414
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