Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
16.3° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 9PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.6
S
1.3
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.8
WNW
0.5
SW
1.3
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)1456661461414666777656616519209
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10712118814313413211692921842881641421471218713833922612777148127189
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
W
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
SW
10
SW
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:33PM
1.29
12:25AM
1.85
1:07AM
1.77
2:13AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:36PM
1.22
8:36AM
0.59
9:57AM
0.62
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:37-------6:37-------6:35-
Sunset-7:23-------7:23-------7:24------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232318171716182222241918181719252626191717171822
Feels °C (?)201914141514172120211615151416222220151314141620
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Depressions surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest