Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 01 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 10AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
1
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)14141313134131315555666799101111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)292928282835454545525495209329355265243206214202210173173173
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
W
25
W
25
W
15
NNW
15
N
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
1.84
10:11PM
2.02
10:47AM
1.73
10:35PM
2.04
11:31AM
1.62
10:59PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:01AM
0.52
4:00PM
0.61
4:39AM
0.44
4:25PM
0.75
5:17AM
0.41
4:48PM
0.89
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise--6:47-------6:45-------6:43-----
Sunset-----7:20-------7:20-------7:21--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151415192019151313131419212117141212141922201819
Feels °C (?)1513141616131110101011161616131088111618171616
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