Tarpits surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 31 Oct 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tarpits today?

The current surf forecast for Tarpits at 12PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (31 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Evening (31 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)20s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Mon
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)111021202020201918181818181817181616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)143141170154151151149148221211180178123121170156193188341337256246231222
Wind
(km/h)
0
NE
10
S
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
1.70
6:00PM
1.70
7:19AM
1.85
7:02PM
1.73
7:41AM
2.02
8:00PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:34PM
1.11
12:39AM
0.52
1:20PM
0.86
1:13AM
0.56
2:04PM
0.58
1:47AM
0.63
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Mon
03
Sunrise7:16-------7:16-------7:18-------
Sunset---6:05-------6:05-------6:04----
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C192223222020212020242523212121202124252422212019
Feels °C (?)192223232020212019232423212021192023242321202018
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