Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 31 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
16.4° 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 8AM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (31 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (31 Mar)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
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
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)15151515151514141414131313131313155556667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3434343434333331292928284545454545527499240290336286
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
15
ESE
5
NNE
0
SSE
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
W
25
W
25
WNW
15
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
glassglassglasscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:22AM
1.92
9:48PM
1.98
10:05AM
1.84
10:11PM
2.02
10:47AM
1.73
10:35PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22AM
0.63
3:33PM
0.48
4:01AM
0.52
4:00PM
0.61
4:39AM
0.44
4:25PM
0.75
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise--6:48-------6:47-------6:45-----
Sunset-----7:19-------7:20-------7:20--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515201818161515141519192015131313141919201614
Feels °C (?)1615151818191615151313161515111099111614151210
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