Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 30 Mar 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 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 1PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
1.1
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)12121212121215151515151514141414131313513131513
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)282726262727343434343433333129292828285445454545
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SE
10
E
5
N
10
NE
5
SW
10
ENE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
WSW
25
W
30
W
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoffoncross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
1.97
9:24PM
1.91
9:22AM
1.92
9:48PM
1.98
10:05AM
1.84
10:11PM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
0.37
3:22AM
0.63
3:33PM
0.48
4:01AM
0.52
4:00PM
0.61
4:39AM
0.44
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise6:48-------6:48-------6:47-------
Sunset---7:17-------7:19-------7:20----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181920191817171617192119171515141620212015131313
Feels °C (?)1718202018171716161920171512121114171614119109
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