Depressions Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.41° N 119.85° W)

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Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 13 Sep 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 20.1° 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 3PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Evening (13 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

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	Saturday 13						Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tue 16
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	WNW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WNW	WNW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WNW	WNW	SSW	WNW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	14	14	14	8	8	14	8	20	20	20	20	19	18	18
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	84	84	84	76	110	116	118	118	81	81	80	75	71	83	75	71	70	70	68	121	119	113	107	159
Wind (km/h)	E	SSW	SW	WSW	NW	N	NE	ENE	SSE	SW	SW	WSW	NNW	NNE	E	E	E	S	S	WSW	NW	NNW	E	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				2:19PM 2.01					6:10AM 1.32			3:41PM 1.96					7:23AM 1.43				5:09PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	7:18AM 1.16					10:29PM 0.42				8:40AM 1.29					11:53PM 0.35			10:53AM 1.31					12:57AM 0.28

	Saturday 13						Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tue 16
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	22	23	23	21	20	20	19	21	25	25	25	23	22	21	21	23	27	27	26	23	23	22	22
Feels °C (?)	20	23	24	23	21	20	21	19	22	25	25	25	23	22	20	21	23	28	28	27	23	23	22	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Depressions (light winds from the SW at BUOY-NTBC1 15 km from Depressions). 0.8m 7s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 6s windswell from the W and a 0.4m 14s groundswell from the WSW as well as a 0.2m 15s groundswell from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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