Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 27 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
15.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 8PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)--
Afternoon (27 Feb)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (27 Feb)1ft (0.3m)16s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)171616161616161615151515151515141414555555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23464646464650657370694243424241406672716885125118
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
0
N
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
W
15
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:09PM
1.58
6:54AM
2.22
8:38PM
1.66
7:44AM
2.24
9:07PM
1.75
8:29AM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26PM
0.13
12:47AM
1.08
2:07PM
0.09
1:38AM
0.94
2:42PM
0.11
2:24AM
0.82
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------6:28-------6:28-------6:26-
Sunset-5:52-------5:53-------5:54------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C302924232323222526252220191918222423171514131318
Feels °C (?)2929242121212124242321191717162020191412108813
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