Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 22 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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 2AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

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Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WNW
0.7
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
W
0.9
W
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.8
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.3
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)111110101010101011111111121010554101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2511617419418318317920622322318419418671148896658339133172202327480
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
15
W
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
crosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
1.97
3:14PM
1.21
2:07AM
1.97
5:57PM
1.26
3:29AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09PM
0.95
8:45AM
0.61
6:45PM
1.11
10:23AM
0.51
8:01PM
1.24
11:41AM
0.36
Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise----6:35-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset-------5:49-------5:50-------5:51
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616151620222219181817172225231918181817222626
Feels °C (?)141414131418192017161614141922191615151615222424
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