Depressions surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 19 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Depressions today?

The current surf forecast for Depressions at 11PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)--
Afternoon (19 Feb)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (19 Feb)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
4
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
W
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.4
W
Period(s) (?)891010101011111111111010101010979131312126
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61695914221306116288676656143147841522713313194362217401616151515
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
W
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
10
SSE
5
SW
5
W
5
N
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossonglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
1.94
11:07PM
1.87
11:04AM
1.75
11:39PM
1.93
11:59AM
1.54
12:16AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45PM
0.45
5:10AM
0.71
5:12PM
0.61
6:07AM
0.68
5:39PM
0.78
7:17AM
0.65
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------6:39-------6:37-------6:37-
Sunset-5:45-------5:46-------5:47------
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C1311108877111413109999131514121111111116
Feels °C (?)643231371110666659111210998814
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