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Tarpits surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 09 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 5AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
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
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161616151515141414141413131313141413131220
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9086858483811701151101076969686535341717164032304978
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
S
5
SW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
SE
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
10
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffglassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
1.78
1:51PM
1.41
3:11AM
1.82
3:36PM
1.25
3:57AM
1.86
5:44PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:44AM
1.04
8:00PM
0.80
10:19AM
0.93
8:40PM
0.97
11:37AM
0.78
9:30PM
1.11
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise---7:05-------7:03-------7:03----
Sunset-----5:05-------5:06-------5:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C91010141616131313131317191815151515151921211817
Feels °C (?)566111313101099914161512111111111718191514
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