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Tarpits surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.0° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tarpits today?

The current surf forecast for Tarpits at 1AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wed
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
2
WNW
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.8
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.7
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)66666886791016161616161515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1599014317229218120027110314190868584838117011511010769696865
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
E
5
S
10
WNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
E
5
WSW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
1.74
12:41PM
1.65
2:25AM
1.78
1:51PM
1.41
3:11AM
1.82
3:36PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:47PM
0.39
7:15AM
1.09
7:24PM
0.60
8:44AM
1.04
8:00PM
0.80
10:19AM
0.93
Wed
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----7:05-------7:05-------7:03--
Sunset-------5:04-------5:05-------5:06
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1413121211131514109910111517171413131313172019
Feels °C (?)1010997810954566111414109999151716
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