Main Street Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Santa Barbara, USA)

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Main Street Surf Guide

Main Street in Santa Barbara is an exposed sandbar break that has inconsistent surf with no particular seasonal pattern. Offshore winds are from the east southeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the west northwest. Waves at the sandbar break both left and right. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Watch out for dangerous rips.

Main Street Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Sandbar	2	inconsistent	13.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Main Street:

The best conditions reported for surf at Main Street occur when a West-northwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East-southeast.

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What's the best time of year to surf Main Street (for consistent clean waves)?

januaryBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Main Street with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of January. Clean surfable waves are typically found 32% of the time in January while 66% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 2% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

32%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

66%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Main Street Location Map

Interactive Main Street surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Main Street is Vandenberg Afb (Lompoc) Airport (VBG) in USA, 27 km (17 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Main Street is Meadows Fld (Bakersfield) Airport (BFL), also in USA, 154 km (96 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Main Street Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Monday, 4 May 2026, 12:00 Local Time

m, °C	Monday 04
ft, °F	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Wave (m)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	on	on

Tides at Main Street

Current tide and informaton

For Main Street, 0 km from Main Street.

Next High Water: 01:50pm | 1.44m

Next Low Water: 05:28pm | 1.29m

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Main Street Sea Temperature

The water temperature (13.5 °C) at Main Street is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (15.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 13.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite