- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Depressions Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 05 May 2026 PDTForecast 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
15.0° C
(Which is 1.1°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: 1.6m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (05 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 13s |
| Evening (05 May) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Depressions. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 5 | Wednesday 6 | Thursday 7 | Fri 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
WNW 13 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | SW 15 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 7 | WNW 8 | |
113 | 97 | 125 | 109 | 137 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 110 | 80 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 96 | 86 | 82 | 154 | 164 | 142 | 120 | 117 | 127 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | on | |
High Tide | 2:39PM1.34m | 11:56PM1.91m | 4:55PM1.36m | 00:36AM1.82m | 1:29AM1.73m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:15PM1.30m | 8:06AM0.47m | 5:14PM1.36m | 9:04AM0.51m | 10:01AM0.54m | |||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — |
 | — | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:49 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 18 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 22 |
14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 21 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 13 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | WNW 12 | SSW 16 | WNW 4 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | WNW 5 | WNW 6 | W 6 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | SW 14 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 6 | WNW 7 | WNW 8 |
 kJ | 113 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 137 | 16 | 119 | 119 | 110 | 80 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 51 | 34 | 26 | 86 | 82 | 48 | 81 | 79 | 113 | 117 | 127 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | S 10 | S 10 | SW 15 | WNW 12 | SW 16 | W 5 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | NW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | SSW 14 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 18 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | NW 11 |
| kJ | 84 | 2 | 2 | 109 | 82 | 119 | 11 | 55 | 55 | 53 | 33 | 24 | 24 | 80 | 68 | 96 | 51 | 51 | 13 | 46 | 27 | 78 | 77 | 33 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 12 | S 12 | SW 21 | SSE 12 | SW 21 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 5 | W 5 | SSE 10 | SW 19 | SW 19 | WNW 14 | WNW 11 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 14 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 56 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 80 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 33 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | NW 4 | — | — | SSE 2 | W 5 | W 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | — | — | W 6 | W 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | — | — |
| kJ | 51 | 97 | 125 | 67 | 28 | 24 | — | — | 1 | 15 | 47 | 58 | 48 | 56 | — | — | 35 | 62 | 154 | 164 | 142 | 120 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 342 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 149 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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