Tarpits Surf Forecast

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

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

Surf Forecasts:

Tarpits surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 14 Nov 2025 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 17.5° 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 11AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	14s
Afternoon (14 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	14s
Evening (14 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	13s

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

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	Friday 14						Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Mon 17
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	W	W	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	11	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	181	377	880	725	595	492	395	118	190	144	125	232	116	73	69	68	68	68	68	44	44	54	55	33
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	E	NE	E	SE	SSE	S	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	E	ESE	E	E	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:00AM 1.90				5:53PM 1.59				6:26AM 1.98				6:50PM 1.57				6:49AM 2.05					7:40PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			12:17PM 0.85				11:51PM 0.68				12:59PM 0.67				12:23AM 0.79					1:36PM 0.52			12:52AM 0.89

	Friday 14						Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Mon 17
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	21	13	6	3	3	7	4	9	28	19	20	5	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	17	17	17	18	17	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	14	15
Feels °C (?)	17	17	17	19	17	18	18	19	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	13	12	10	12	15	15	15	12	14

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