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Tarantulas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm 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 10PM is: 4.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)--
Afternoon (17 Feb)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (17 Feb)13ft (4.0m)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
Friday
20
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
4
2
4
5
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
6
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WNW
2.2
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
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
NW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)11119101112121313131313131313121011111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138810622132389957476754638770845655467942423532334428452593367039515532552945544098366236412374
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
50
WSW
50
WNW
45
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
30
SSW
30
WNW
40
WNW
45
NW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23PM
1.70
9:45AM
2.06
10:48PM
1.78
10:26AM
1.92
11:16PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:01PM
0.24
3:43AM
0.85
4:27PM
0.33
4:28AM
0.78
4:53PM
0.46
5:18AM
0.72
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise------6:43-------6:43-------6:41-
Sunset-5:45-------5:46-------5:47------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
21234--1------3611------
Temp. °C13131313111010111112101011111113121112111111911
Feels °C (?)666410144546764631212235
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