Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 13 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 2AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (14 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.7
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.4
SSW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)5514149716166788151581578889986
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1571161011081487166872081911511201211218585117128130122166208330254
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
10
SW
10
SW
15
W
20
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
0
NNE
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
0
NE
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
1.79
8:01AM
1.80
8:41PM
1.93
8:50AM
1.80
9:05PM
2.08
9:40AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
0.83
2:18PM
0.51
2:52AM
0.61
2:48PM
0.58
3:34AM
0.40
3:18PM
0.67
Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise----6:28-------6:28-------6:26---
Sunset-------7:30-------7:30-------7:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141212121418191814131313151819191615151516192021
Feels °C (?)98891215161510101111141616171413131315171618
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