Tarpits surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 02 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
15.4° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tarpits today?

The current surf forecast for Tarpits at 2PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Afternoon (02 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (02 Mar)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
1
W
1.4
W
1.9
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
1
W
2
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)566666698888877777887777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8112261143263155551278684806054535167705455120371383352234
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
SSW
5
SW
5
N
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
2.26
9:29PM
1.86
9:07AM
2.16
9:56PM
1.92
9:48AM
2.02
10:22PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:10PM
0.18
3:04AM
0.72
3:40PM
0.30
3:46AM
0.65
4:07PM
0.45
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise6:26-------6:24-------6:22-------
Sunset---5:53-------5:54-------5:55----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151921211716151414192020191818171620202017161412
Feels °C (?)1418181815141312121818171817171615191920151397
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