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Tarantulas Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Tarantulas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Tarantulas today?
The current surf forecast for Tarantulas at 6PM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 17s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Tarantulas. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 390 | 368 | 438 | 339 | 334 | 334 | 412 | 386 | 375 | 362 | 283 | 287 | 291 | 275 | 268 | 146 | 269 | 403 | 453 | 603 | 707 | 707 | 721 | 615 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:26PM 2.00 | 8:38AM 1.61 | 7:25PM 2.04 | 9:06AM 1.69 | 8:14PM 2.05 | 9:31AM 1.75 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:27PM 1.23 | 1:50AM 0.24 | 1:29PM 1.10 | 2:31AM 0.23 | 2:17PM 0.96 | 3:05AM 0.27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:47 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:04 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara
Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the NNW at Vandenberg Air Force Base Airport 16 km from Tarantulas). 1.0m 9s swell from the WNW with a 0.5m 17s long period groundswell from the S and a 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
16 km away, 2 h 4 min ago
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