Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 21 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
15.2° C
(Which is 1.6°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 1PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
0.5
S
2.1
W
2.2
WNW
0.4
S
1.4
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.5
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)71312121212121277710186616616161616666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)691181723622631671672039110013133218132333982137127125125125135229184
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
ESE
20
SE
10
SE
10
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
5
N
5
WSW
10
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
2.22
3:22PM
1.40
1:16AM
2.09
4:58PM
1.45
2:33AM
1.95
6:04PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:06AM
0.18
6:43PM
1.27
9:20AM
0.24
8:19PM
1.35
10:33AM
0.30
10:22PM
1.31
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise--6:22-------6:20-------6:18-----
Sunset-----7:36-------7:37-------7:37--
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--241-------------------
Temp. °C131214141717141312101218222013111111142022201412
Feels °C (?)1181013161413121079131513877712181916119
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