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Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.0° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 2km away, Campus Point Surf Cam

How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 7AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)17s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
0.7
NW
2
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)8778186171616161616161515151514141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3193694553723163154244694529047786126045814684173342642642331751219967
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
WSW
10
W
5
NNW
10
ENE
10
NE
10
N
5
NNE
0
NW
5
SW
5
W
5
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglassglasscross-
on		glassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46AM
1.72
12:46PM
1.62
2:31AM
1.76
1:58PM
1.39
3:16AM
1.80
3:42PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:22AM
1.08
7:29PM
0.59
8:51AM
1.03
8:06PM
0.78
10:25AM
0.91
8:45PM
0.95
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---7:05-------7:05-------7:05----
Sunset-----5:05-------5:06-------5:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C11111013161510889913151513121212121718171514
Feels °C (?)7647910534551013121199981515141211
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