Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 26 Mar 2026 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
16.4° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 6AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (27 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
NW
0.4
SSW
0.4
NW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)101011111010101111141414131313131313111311121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24024025421014713911012393797765635859595858335330295050
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:34PM
1.52
5:43AM
1.94
8:05PM
1.63
6:52AM
1.97
8:33PM
1.73
7:48AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
1.27
1:12PM
0.27
1:01AM
1.11
1:56PM
0.26
1:55AM
0.94
2:33PM
0.30
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:50---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:16-------7:16
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191819181922232219181818192324242019191919242322
Feels °C (?)191718171822222118181717182021221816161717222120
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