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Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 18 Jan 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
15.7° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 11AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)161615151414131313131212161615141313121212161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2603372923554233772992952322321461467976155333356330300285271269362318
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
0
SE
5
SW
5
W
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SE
5
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
W
10
NE
5
S
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncross-
on		glassglassglassoffglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off		glassoffglassglassglassglassglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:39AM
2.23
10:41PM
1.49
9:14AM
2.22
11:09PM
1.53
9:48AM
2.16
11:37PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
0.13
3:00AM
1.10
4:33PM
0.15
3:40AM
1.08
5:02PM
0.21
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-7:03-------7:03-------7:03------
Sunset---5:15-------5:15-------5:15----
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192224221918181717202222191818181821222219181817
Feels °C (?)172121201716161414182020171615161518192017161614
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