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Tarantulas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 10 Dec 2025 PSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
17.3° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Tarantulas today?
The current surf forecast for Tarantulas at 9PM is: 1.9m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm December 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (PST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (10 Dec) | 5ft (1.6m) | 12s |
| Evening (10 Dec) | 6ft (1.9m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Tarantulas. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 683 | 683 | 1368 | 1255 | 1288 | 1288 | 614 | 1667 | 1759 | 1784 | 2184 | 2300 | 2271 | 1972 | 1821 | 1626 | 1525 | 1351 | 1247 | 1018 | 837 | 824 | 722 | 578 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross- off | off | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | cross | cross | glass | glass | glass | cross | cross | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:29PM 1.71 | 3:55AM 1.74 | 2:50PM 1.51 | 4:37AM 1.82 | 4:22PM 1.38 | 5:13AM 1.89 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:42PM 0.45 | 9:47AM 1.12 | 9:29PM 0.62 | 11:10AM 0.96 | 10:14PM 0.77 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:58 | - |
| Sunset | - | 4:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 22 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 |
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