Tarpits surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 07 Mar 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
14.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tarpits today?

The current surf forecast for Tarpits at 7AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 07). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)1212111111111110101010101014441312121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)696764403939382220331933191417203315142828458585
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
NW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:14PM
1.94
12:01PM
1.46
11:43PM
1.90
1:07PM
1.30
12:15AM
1.83
3:49PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:00AM
0.65
5:12PM
0.96
6:56AM
0.71
5:23PM
1.10
8:12AM
0.75
4:39PM
1.21
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise--6:18-------6:18-------6:16-----
Sunset-----5:58-------5:59-------6:00--
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. °C161515202221181816161723242321191917171919181615
Feels °C (?)121011171817151411121220202117151614141616171615
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