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Tarpits Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Tarpits surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 04 Dec 2025 PSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Tarpits surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tarpits sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Tarpits today?
The current surf forecast for Tarpits at 4PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Dec) | 2ft (0.6m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (04 Dec) | 2ft (0.6m) | 13s |
| Evening (04 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Tarpits. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 176 | 126 | 125 | 125 | 86 | 82 | 50 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 69 | 63 | 89 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 40 | 40 | 134 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | on | glass | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | off | glass | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:54AM 2.56 | 9:59PM 1.57 | 8:40AM 2.58 | 10:56PM 1.56 | 9:29AM 2.52 | 11:54PM 1.55 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:20PM -0.16 | 2:18AM 1.08 | 4:11PM -0.18 | 3:08AM 1.13 | 5:02PM -0.13 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sun 07 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 4:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:46 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
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