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Tarantulas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 PST
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Tarantulas surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tarantulas sea temperature is
15.6° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tarantulas today?

The current surf forecast for Tarantulas at 5AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)171616151515141414131314141414131514131318171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)293443535487648773763681661683595572649534534257212489582556513524696848
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
5
W
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
SE
0
SSW
10
NW
0
WNW
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
S
0
NNW
5
N
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassoffglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscrossglassoffglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:22PM
1.47
8:45AM
2.22
10:50PM
1.49
9:19AM
2.21
11:19PM
1.52
9:54AM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
1.15
4:11PM
0.14
3:06AM
1.12
4:41PM
0.16
3:47AM
1.10
5:10PM
0.22
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---7:07-------7:07-------7:05----
Sunset-----5:16-------5:17-------5:19--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020212020171716161518181817171717182019191818
Feels °C (?)181717191817131313131216161616151515151716181616
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