Surf-Forecast | Main Street Surf Guide

Lat Long: 34.97° N 120.66° W

Issued: 3 am 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Main Street sea temperature is

20.2°C

Main Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Main Street Surf Guide

Main Street in Santa Barbara is an exposed sandbar break that does not work very often with no particular seasonal pattern. The best wind direction is from the east southeast. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the west northwest. The sandbar break provides left and right handers. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Rarely crowded here. Dangerous rips are a hazard of surfing here.

Main Street Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Sandbar	2	inconsistent	20.2°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.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

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, 2 November 2026, 09:26 Local Time

m, °C	Monday 02
ft, °F	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Wave (m)	SW	SW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	16	16	19	19
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	on	on

Tides at Main Street

Current tide and informaton

For Main Street, 0 km from Main Street.

Next High Water: 04:02pm | 1.77m

Next Low Water: 10:34am | 1.19m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Main Street Sea Temperature

The water temperature (20.2 °C) at Main Street is warm and the air temperature should feel similar (windchill forecast 18.0 °C). If the sun does come out as forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a shorty or a summer wetsuit.

Today, many surfers would wear a shorty.

Current Temp*: 20.2°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite