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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 10 pm Saturday 13 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Tarantulas today?
The current surf forecast for Tarantulas at 4AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (14 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 12s |
| Evening (14 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Tarantulas. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Sat 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 581 | 501 | 479 | 449 | 449 | 442 | 435 | 336 | 251 | 331 | 365 | 266 | 242 | 242 | 279 | 389 | 367 | 358 | 348 | 408 | 418 | 399 | 390 | 368 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | cross- on | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:11AM 1.33 | 3:46PM 1.97 | 7:26AM 1.43 | 5:12PM 1.97 | 8:07AM 1.53 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:34PM 0.41 | 8:49AM 1.28 | 11:56PM 0.35 | 10:55AM 1.31 | 1:01AM 0.28 | 12:27PM 1.23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sat 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 |
| Feels °C (?) | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara
Continuing clean conditions at Tarantulas (light winds from the E at Lompoc Airport 19 km from Tarantulas). 1.4m 6s windswell from the NW with a 1.2m 13s groundswell, also from the NW and a 0.4m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
19 km away, 2 h 7 min ago
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