Depressions Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Barbara, USA)

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Surf Break: Depressions

Depressions Spot ID:

Type: beach

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell WSW | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 14.2 °C

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Saturday, 25 May 2013, 11:57 Local time

m, °C	Fri		Sat
ft, °F	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Wave (m)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off

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Depressions in Santa Barbara is a reasonably exposed beach break that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the northeast. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the west southwest. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Best around mid tide. Sometimes crowded. Take care of the strong rips here.

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California wave energy surf 12 hr forecast

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Santa Barbara, California, 15 miles from Depressions.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
HIGH TIDE
LOW TIDE

Depressions Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At Santa Barbara Airport, 3 km from Depressions.

light winds from the SSE

km/h

Dry and partly cloudy

Air temperature
17 °C

Current weather near Depressions

Buoy Data:

At East Santa Barbara Buoy, 11 miles from Depressions.

	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	8	8	8	15

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Overall Depressions Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Also see Depressions surf quality by season and Depressions surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Depressions: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Campus Point	1 mi
Second closest break	Isla Vista	1 mi
Third closest break	Pescaderos	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Devereux	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Sand Beach	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Depressions:
Closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	11 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Santa Barbara Buoy	36 mi
Third closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	55 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	65 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Santa Maria Buoy	66 mi
Tide stations nearest to Depressions:
Closest tide station	Santa Barbara	9 mi
Second closest tide station	Gaviota	21 mi
Third closest tide station	Rincon Island	24 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Rincon Island, Mussel Shoals	24 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz Island	29 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Depressions:
Closest ski area	Alta Sierra at Shirley Meadows (United States)	116 mi
Second closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	124 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	124 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	124 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	162 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Depressions:
Closest city location	Goleta (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Santa Barbara (United States)	8 mi
Third closest city location	Santa Ana (United States)	10 mi
Fourth closest city location	Ventura (United States)	35 mi
Fifth closest city location	Oxnard Shores (United States)	38 mi

The closest passenger airport to Depressions is Point Mugu Nas Airport (NTD) in USA, 74 km (46 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Depressions is Vandenberg Afb (Lompoc) Airport (VBG), also in USA, 75 km (47 miles) away.
Third is Meadows Fld (Bakersfield) Airport (BFL) in USA, 135 km (84 miles) away.
Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR) in USA is 139 km (86 miles) away.
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Depressions and is 143 km (89 miles) away.

Depressions break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Depressions, CAL - Santa Barbara. Use the tab navigation above to view Depressions sea temperature, Depressions photographs, Depressions detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Depressions webcams, current wind from CAL - Santa Barbara live weather stations and Depressions tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Depressions.

Depressions Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Barbara, USA)

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Overall Depressions Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

Depressions Location Maps

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