Tarantulas surf break

Tarantulas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 19 Oct 2025 PDT
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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
16.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tarantulas today?

The current surf forecast for Tarantulas at 9PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)--
Afternoon (19 Oct)6ft (1.9m)14s
Evening (19 Oct)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
4
3
3
4
4
5
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.1
NW
1.4
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
2.3
NW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131816161514141313131412122120191818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142614071154947919757623108725803142275425092140165716321541166173489510511394255322923158
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NNW
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
SW
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
W
15
W
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:35PM
1.70
9:26AM
2.01
10:17PM
1.65
9:47AM
2.04
10:59PM
1.58
10:11AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31PM
0.53
3:15AM
0.75
4:05PM
0.43
3:39AM
0.86
4:39PM
0.37
4:02AM
0.97
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise------7:11-------7:11-------7:13-
Sunset-6:22-------6:21-------6:20------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222015161615161918181718171616191818151515151516
Feels °C (?)181612131313141817171617161515181617141414151413
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Tarantulas (light winds from the N at Vandenberg Air Force Base Airport 16 km from Tarantulas). 1.6m 14s groundswell from the NW to make surfable waves.

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13 km/h
N
0.0
16.4
Air / Water (°C)
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