Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 04 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 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 3AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.5
S
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
NW
1.3
WNW
0.5
S
1.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)1817171616161616151515151515146666661466
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10715314013513413218312712116111211011010910718020417013915412492136393
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
WSW
15
W
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
glassoncrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
1.99
1:13PM
1.38
11:53PM
1.93
2:33PM
1.29
12:25AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09PM
1.02
6:41AM
0.46
5:27PM
1.13
7:32AM
0.53
5:36PM
1.22
8:36AM
0.59
Sat
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----6:41-------6:39-------6:37---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:23-------7:23
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232120192125252320201917182223241817171718232425
Feels °C (?)201716151721222018171614161920191413141517212322
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