Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tarpits today (13 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Tarpits at 9AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (13 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 9s |
| Evening (13 Sep) | 6ft (1.8m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Tarpits. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | W 7 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 49 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 85 | 133 | 298 | 276 | 81 | 186 | 151 | 142 | 103 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 50 | 39 | 39 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | on | on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on | on | on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy |
High Tide | 11:16PM1.83m | 11:25AM2.05m | 00:03AM1.64m | 11:54AM2.02m | 00:57AM1.46m | 12:25PM1.96m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:09AM0.65m | 5:58PM0.52m | 5:34AM0.83m | 6:48PM0.56m | 5:56AM1.00m | 7:46PM0.62m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 20 |
Feels °C | 24 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 9 | W 9 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 |
| kJ | 29 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 85 | 133 | 161 | 159 | 81 | 186 | 151 | 142 | 103 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 50 | 33 | 31 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WNW 9 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | W 10 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 49 | 47 | 46 | 28 | 45 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 47 | 17 | 17 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 45 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 39 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 13 | W 11 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 17 | SW 13 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 |
| kJ | 15 | 14 | 14 | 46 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 38 | 37 | 37 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | — | — | — | W 5 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 3 | SSE 3 | — | — |
| kJ | 49 | 33 | — | — | — | 66 | 298 | 276 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 30 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 121 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 85 | 121 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tarpits surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest