Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 27 Mar 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 10AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (27 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)111110101011111414141313131313131111111112121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)254210147139110123937977476358595958583331302950503534
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SW
5
NW
0
N
0
NE
5
NNW
5
N
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:44AM
1.93
8:07PM
1.63
6:53AM
1.97
8:35PM
1.73
7:49AM
1.99
9:01PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:49PM
1.27
1:13PM
0.28
1:02AM
1.12
1:57PM
0.27
1:56AM
0.95
2:34PM
0.30
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise--6:54-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----7:16-------7:17-------7:17--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818232522181717161724252618171717192527252019
Feels °C (?)161717222421171717151622222316141415182425241918
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