Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 21 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 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 1AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (22 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
0.8
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
0.6
W
0.8
W
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)991312127771111101010101010111111111210104
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4016161515151525251511741941831831792062232231842381867112061
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
NW
10
N
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
W
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
1.96
1:13PM
1.34
1:04AM
1.97
3:14PM
1.21
2:07AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39PM
0.78
7:17AM
0.65
6:09PM
0.95
8:45AM
0.61
6:45PM
1.11
10:23AM
0.51
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----6:37-------6:35-------6:33---
Sunset-------5:49-------5:49-------5:50
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121111111116191816151515152022211918171617212424
Feels °C (?)10998814161514131312121819181716151315182121
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