Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 02 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
16.3° 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 8PM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)--
Afternoon (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)5s
Evening (02 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
2
W
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)5667810101111111111111111181818181717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)102284292234211258209202210173173173138135118165160158107153140135134132
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
25
W
20
NNW
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
S
5
WSW
15
WSW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:35PM
2.04
11:31AM
1.62
10:59PM
2.03
12:18PM
1.50
11:25PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:25PM
0.75
5:17AM
0.41
4:48PM
0.89
5:57AM
0.41
5:09PM
1.02
6:41AM
0.46
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------6:43-------6:41-------6:41-
Sunset-7:20-------7:21-------7:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202116141312151923211919191819242525201918171923
Feels °C (?)1616121199121619181716151315202120181616151821
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