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Tarpits surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm 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 11PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
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
Monday
12
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
W
0.4
WNW
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)161615151514141414141313131314141413202019181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83811701151101076969686535171716164032583378188238307390
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
W
5
N
10
N
5
NE
10
N
10
NNE
0
SW
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
0
NNE
5
SW
5
WNW
10
N
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglassglassglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51PM
1.41
3:11AM
1.82
3:36PM
1.25
3:57AM
1.86
5:44PM
1.22
4:42AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
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
Monday
12
Sunrise-------7:03-------7:03-------7:03
Sunset-5:05-------5:06-------5:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161613131312121719171415151414192120171717171620
Feels °C (?)1314111010881416141111111010171818141413131218
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