Lompoc · Santa Barbara County · California
Jalama Beach Surf Report & Forecast, Lompoc, California
Jalama Beach, Lompoc, California: 6–8 ft, overhead, at 12 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Good. The main swell is 5.7 ft at 15 seconds from the west-northwest, with calm wind. Water is about 71°F, so a 2mm wetsuit jacket is the suggestion; the next low tide is -0.4 ft at 3:59 pm.
6–8 ft
overhead · occasional 9 ft
- Swell
- 5.7 ft · 15 s · WNW
- Wind
- calmcalm
- Tide
- 3.3 ft fallinglow -0.4 ft at 3:59 pm
- Water
- 71°F2mm jacket
- Air
- 74°Ffeels like 74°F
- Sun
- rise 6:30 amset 5:02 pm
Jalama Beach surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Jalama Beach: 10 am, Good, on a falling high tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Jalama Beach: 1 pm, Good, on a falling mid tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 6–7 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (N) | 4.6 ft |
| 7 am | 6–7 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 5.5 ft |
| 8 am | 6–7 ft | Good | 3 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 6.0 ft |
| 9 am | 6–7 ft | Good | calm | 6.1 ft |
| 10 am | 6–8 ft | Good | calm | 5.7 ft |
| 11 am | 6–7 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 4.7 ft |
| 12 pmnow | 6–8 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 11 | 3.3 ft |
| 1 pm | 6–7 ft | Fair | 8 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 13 | 1.9 ft |
| 2 pm | 6–7 ft | Fair | 9 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 14 | 0.7 ft |
| 3 pm | 6–7 ft | Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 15 | -0.1 ft |
| 4 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 11 mph cross-shore (NNW) | -0.4 ft |
| 5 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 12 mph cross-shore (NNW) | -0.1 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 7 mph offshore (NE), gusts 13 | 4.2 ft |
| 7 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 6 mph offshore (ENE), gusts 13 | 5.0 ft |
| 8 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 6 mph offshore (ENE), gusts 12 | 5.7 ft |
| 9 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (NE), gusts 9 | 6.0 ft |
| 10 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (ENE) | 5.9 ft |
| 11 am | 4 ft | Fair | calm | 5.1 ft |
| 12 pm | 4 ft | Fair | calm | 4.0 ft |
| 1 pm | 4 ft | Good | calm | 2.6 ft |
| 2 pm | 4 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 1.3 ft |
| 3 pm | 4 ft | Good | calm | 0.3 ft |
| 4 pm | 4 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (NW) | -0.3 ft |
| 5 pm | 4 ft | Fair | 9 mph cross-shore (NNW) | -0.3 ft |
Jalama Beach waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 12 pm, sets at Jalama Beach arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 7.6 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 42 s
- Lulls
- about 143 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 56% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- moderate, about 1 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Jalama Beach surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Jalama Beach: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 6–11 ft, and the best-rated day is Monday, Nov 9 (Good). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 6–11 ft and Fair; Sunday, Nov 15, 6–10 ft and Good.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Jalama Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 6–8 ft | Good | 5.3 ft · 15 s · WNW | 3 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 9 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 14 | 10 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 4–5 ft | Good | 4.4 ft · 13 s · WNW | 6 mph offshore (ENE), gusts 12 | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 1 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 4–5 ft | Good | 4.1 ft · 13 s · WNW | calm | 6 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 13 | 6 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 4–7 ft | Good | 4.0 ft · 13 s · WNW | 8 mph cross-shore (SSE), gusts 16 | 13 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 24 | 5 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 5–7 ft | Good | 6.2 ft · 15 s · WNW | 4 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 9 | 10 mph onshore (W), gusts 15 | 8 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 6–11 ft | Fair | 6.5 ft · 16 s · WNW | 10 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 17 | 16 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 24 | 7 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 6–10 ft | Good | 9.3 ft · 17 s · WNW | 8 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 16 | 15 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 26 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 6–10 ft | Poor | 7.2 ft · 15 s · WNW | 18 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 32 | 22 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 34 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 4–9 ft | Poor to Fair | — | 18 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 29 | 24 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 30 | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 3–5 ft | Poor to Fair | — | 12 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 22 | 18 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 23 | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Jalama Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Jalama Beach tide chart and tide times
Tides at Jalama Beach today, Monday, Nov 9: low 2.4 ft at 2:23 am, high 6.2 ft at 8:40 am, low -0.4 ft at 3:59 pm and high 3.9 ft at 10:29 pm. At 12 pm the tide is 3.3 ft and falling.
Jalama Beach tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low 2.4 ft at 2:23 amHigh 6.2 ft at 8:40 amLow -0.4 ft at 3:59 pmHigh 3.9 ft at 10:29 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 2.6 ft at 2:56 amHigh 6.0 ft at 9:09 amLow -0.4 ft at 4:33 pmHigh 3.7 ft at 11:17 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Low 2.8 ft at 3:22 amHigh 5.8 ft at 9:38 amLow -0.2 ft at 5:18 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 3.4 ft at 12:21 amLow 3.0 ft at 3:38 amHigh 5.6 ft at 10:11 amLow 0.1 ft at 6:03 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 3.5 ft at 1:30 amLow 3.3 ft at 3:59 amHigh 5.5 ft at 10:48 amLow 0.5 ft at 6:54 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 3.6 ft at 3:10 amLow 3.6 ft at 4:37 amHigh 5.2 ft at 11:29 amLow 0.6 ft at 7:50 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 3.6 ft at 4:22 amLow 3.6 ft at 5:52 amHigh 4.6 ft at 12:19 pmLow 0.6 ft at 8:44 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 3.8 ft at 4:58 amLow 3.5 ft at 8:24 amHigh 4.2 ft at 1:31 pmLow 0.7 ft at 9:32 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.0 ft at 5:15 amLow 3.2 ft at 10:19 amHigh 3.8 ft at 2:55 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Jalama Beach water temperature
The water temperature at Jalama Beach is about 71°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 74°F and a 2 mph wind, a 2mm wetsuit jacket is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 69 and 71°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Jalama Beach
- Cojo5.5 mi SE · 5–6 ft · Great
- Government Point5.8 mi SSE · 7–9 ft · Epic
- Perko's6.2 mi SE · 4–5 ft · Great
- Surf Beach14 mi NNW · 12–13 ft · Great
- Ocean Beach14 mi NNW · 11–13 ft · Great
- Wall Beach14 mi NNW · 11–13 ft · Great
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About Jalama Beach
Jalama Beach is a point break in Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, facing west-southwest. Also called Jalama Point and Tarantulas.
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