Tajiguas Ranch surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 06 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
15.9° C
(Which is 2.4°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 6AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 06). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.4
WNW
1.8
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
2.1
WNW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1
WNW
1
W
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414146618188765616161619209916
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)104101971329292911242338080151118821333179112765148127189165127
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WSW
10
W
20
NW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
25
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
25
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
1.85
1:09AM
1.77
2:15AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39PM
1.23
8:39AM
0.59
9:58AM
0.62
11:15AM
0.60
Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise----6:39-------6:37-------6:37---
Sunset-------7:24-------7:25-------7:27
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141314141624252517171716182729251715151517232422
Feels °C (?)111011111423232113141412152324201412131315211918
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