Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 03 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
16.3° 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 1PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
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
Mon
06
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
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
Period(s) (?)101111111111111111181818181717161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)218202210173173173138123118165160158107153140135134132183127121161112110
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
SW
10
SW
15
WNW
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
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)
5:19AM
0.41
4:50PM
0.90
5:59AM
0.41
5:11PM
1.02
6:43AM
0.46
5:30PM
1.14
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise6:45-------6:43-------6:41-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:23----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C132023221818181719262627201919182025262520171617
Feels °C (?)111820191516141315232222161515141721232217141314
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