Tarantulas surf break

Tarantulas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 22 Nov 2025 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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tarantulas today?

The current surf forecast for Tarantulas at 12PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 22). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (22 Nov)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (22 Nov)10ft (3.0m)17s

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

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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
5
6
5
4
5
5
3
3
5
4
5
4
5
5
3
3
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2
WNW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313121417171616161616161616161616161515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)251523942148121625194883449542293921382235983504377939214021402139212791256324972126188516041370
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:39AM
2.07
12:40AM
1.39
10:13AM
2.01
1:49AM
1.38
10:48AM
1.94
3:05AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25PM
0.29
3:46AM
1.29
6:10PM
0.34
4:13AM
1.34
6:57PM
0.39
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
Sunrise6:41-------6:41-------6:43-------
Sunset---4:53-------4:52-------4:52----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131720171515151413161816141314131316181616141313
Feels °C (?)91416131313131091315131211121010131312121099
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