Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 21 Feb 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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 12PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)101010109991313121277771110109109101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13310294362241401616151516232537151164190175179175179223227
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
SW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
S
10
W
10
WSW
5
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39PM
1.93
11:59AM
1.54
12:16AM
1.96
1:13PM
1.34
1:04AM
1.97
3:14PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
0.68
5:39PM
0.78
7:17AM
0.65
6:09PM
0.95
8:45AM
0.61
6:45PM
1.11
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset-----5:47-------5:49-------5:49--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10109131514111211111117181916151515152021221818
Feels °C (?)8769121291098814151614131313121818191717
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