Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 03 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
16.4° 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: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)--
Afternoon (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
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
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)111111111111111818181817171616161616151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)210173173138135123118165160158107153140135134132183127121161112110110109
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31AM
1.62
10:59PM
2.03
12:18PM
1.50
11:25PM
1.99
1:13PM
1.38
11:53PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:48PM
0.89
5:57AM
0.41
5:09PM
1.02
6:41AM
0.46
5:27PM
1.13
7:32AM
0.53
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------6:41-------6:41-------6:39-
Sunset-7:21-------7:22-------7:22------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232120191918202626272321201920252423212019181923
Feels °C (?)201818161514162222221917161617212020191716151721
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