Tarantulas surf break

Tarantulas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 08 Nov 2025 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
15.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tarantulas today?

The current surf forecast for Tarantulas at 11PM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)--
Afternoon (08 Nov)--
Evening (08 Nov)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

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Sat
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
4
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1
WNW
0.8
SSW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121212121212161211151413141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1385119210739238938086805735043843253043044374638451773847159813461170980830710
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
5
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
N
10
SW
5
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
15
W
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:36AM
1.47
11:36AM
2.16
2:59AM
1.50
12:43PM
1.98
4:08AM
1.58
2:04PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:25PM
0.04
5:16AM
1.27
7:30PM
0.15
6:40AM
1.34
8:37PM
0.26
8:32AM
1.32
Sat
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
Sunrise----6:28-------6:30-------6:31---
Sunset-------5:00-------5:00-------5:00
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191916181920212324232423212827242222201920231818
Feels °C (?)191915171819202222202120182623201918171617211515
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