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Tarantulas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 17 Feb 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
15.7° C
 (Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tarantulas today?

The current surf forecast for Tarantulas at 9AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (17 Feb)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (17 Feb)15ft (4.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
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
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
3
2
4
4
4
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
3.5
W
4.5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)13131312111191011121213131313131313131210111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12261442154518461388980213240825428661664937307574349084637420640013264271532802925438454744889
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
25
NW
15
WNW
25
W
30
SW
35
WSW
40
SW
45
WSW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
5
WSW
15
SSE
35
W
40
WNW
45
NW
40
NW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
2.15
10:23PM
1.70
9:45AM
2.06
10:48PM
1.78
10:26AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01AM
0.94
4:01PM
0.24
3:43AM
0.85
4:27PM
0.33
4:28AM
0.78
4:53PM
0.46
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise--6:45-------6:43-------6:43-----
Sunset-----5:45-------5:46-------5:47--
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11--122331--------31311--
Temp. °C12121213131313121011101112111011101091312111111
Feels °C (?)978766532213455657563112
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