Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 30 Aug 2025 PDT
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Depressions surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Depressions sea temperature is
20.7° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 11AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (30 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (30 Aug)2ft (0.6m)18s

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

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Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161619181818171717171616161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)161173169137154307269208315373314319308292324311314330296286297286273299
Wind
(km/h)
0
ENE
5
E
0
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
0
W
0
ESE
5
ENE
0
ENE
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
NW
0
NE
0
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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on
crossglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
1.73
4:01PM
1.73
5:18PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:35PM
0.72
12:44AM
0.61
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Sunrise--6:30-------6:31-------6:31-----
Sunset-----7:28-------7:27-------7:24--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222124282827252424222529292826262524262929282626
Feels °C (?)232124272827252525222629292725262524262829282525
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Depressions (calm at Santa Barbara Airport 3 km from Depressions). 0.5m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 15s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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