Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 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
16.0° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 3AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.4
S
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
1
WNW
1
W
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)66677713661616162099161718181818151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1641501329912586542702111276575127189160127202276276276276110148178
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
W
10
W
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
W
20
WSW
25
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
NNE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:07AM
1.77
2:13AM
1.69
8:16PM
1.45
3:49AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
0.62
11:14AM
0.60
10:00PM
1.44
12:09PM
0.55
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise----6:37-------6:35-------6:33---
Sunset-------7:24-------7:25-------7:27
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------111
Temp. °C191818171925272620181818192223221817161516181817
Feels °C (?)171616151723252216151515172019171515151515171716
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