Tarantulas surf break

Tarantulas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 03 Jul 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
15.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Tarantulas today?

The current surf forecast for Tarantulas at 3AM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (04 Jul)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (04 Jul)7ft (2.1m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Fri
11
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
NW
1.8
NW
2
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
0.8
SSW
1.8
NW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.6
NW
0.8
SSW
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.5
SW
0.6
S
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.7
NW
Period(s) (?)17178888171616888815157788888177161671616161515141414141414999181388888667777888899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)8228569359438147678767227789891239103590683071975480589810331118104010029648548458108237908158117737207045805675635395314965064544013533593283293553152493103703833974414165035604846621048
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
15
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:50AM
1.24
6:06PM
1.89
8:14AM
1.27
6:43PM
1.95
9:14AM
1.33
7:20PM
2.01
9:58AM
1.37
7:58PM
2.08
10:35AM
1.41
8:36PM
2.14
11:08AM
1.43
9:14PM
2.20
11:41AM
1.44
9:52PM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55AM
0.77
11:06AM
1.05
1:44AM
0.62
11:54AM
1.14
2:25AM
0.48
12:43PM
1.20
3:03AM
0.36
1:30PM
1.22
3:40AM
0.26
2:13PM
1.22
4:16AM
0.19
2:53PM
1.21
4:51AM
0.14
3:33PM
1.19
Thu
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Fri
11
Sunrise----5:54-------5:54-------5:54-------5:54-------5:56-------5:56-------5:56-------
Sunset8:17-------8:17-------8:17-------8:17-------8:16-------8:16-------8:16-------8:16---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141111111417181814121112161818171311111115181817131212111318171715121212151919191613121216222020161313131721201916121212
Feels °C (?)1078101314131398781414131297771213131298879141212129991215141512988121714151299914171514128910
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