Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 26 Feb 2026 PST
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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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 4PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (26 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
WNW
1.1
NW
0.5
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)99955918181818616161616161615151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)868666535744494949301346464646465041737069424342
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
WNW
10
W
0
WNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NW
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
2.06
7:39PM
1.48
5:58AM
2.15
8:09PM
1.58
6:54AM
2.22
8:38PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
0.23
11:45PM
1.20
1:26PM
0.13
12:47AM
1.08
2:07PM
0.09
1:38AM
0.94
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise6:31-------6:31-------6:28-------
Sunset---5:52-------5:52-------5:53----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182428282220202020262929232222212124262521202018
Feels °C (?)182427272119191919262830232020192023242320192017
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