Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 04 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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.2°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 7AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.5
S
1.7
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.5
S
1.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)1817171616161616151515151515146141414661466
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10715314013513413218312712116111211011010910718010410113210312492136393
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
1.99
1:16PM
1.38
11:55PM
1.93
2:36PM
1.30
12:27AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:11PM
1.02
6:43AM
0.46
5:30PM
1.14
7:34AM
0.53
5:39PM
1.23
8:39AM
0.59
Sat
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----6:41-------6:41-------6:39---
Sunset-------7:23-------7:24-------7:24
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222019192026262520181715162326231513151517252725
Feels °C (?)19161515162222221715141214202218119121214222419
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