Tarpits Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.39° N 119.51° W)

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Tarpits surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT

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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 20.1° C
(Which is 2.7°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: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	W	WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	120	118	118	116	110	107	66	63	61	60	63	65	92	92	68	50	55	55	51	29	53	52	50	42
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WSW	W	W	WNW	SSW	SE	SW	S	S	SW	WSW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	WNW	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:55AM 1.73				8:07PM 2.10				9:20AM 1.80				8:49PM 2.08				9:43AM 1.87				9:29PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)				2:09PM 0.95				2:55AM 0.26				2:50PM 0.82				3:25AM 0.33				3:28PM 0.71				3:51AM 0.44

	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	23	21	21	21	21	22	24	25	24	22	22	22	21
Feels °C (?)	25	25	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	24	22	23	23	23	24	25	25	24	24	23	23	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tarpits (calm at BUOY-NTBC1 16 km from Tarpits). 0.4m 11s groundswell from the SW with a 0.3m 9s swell from the SSW and a 0.2m 9s swell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 45 minutes ago Tarpits

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16 km away, 1 h 45 min ago

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20.1

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