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Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 PDT
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Main Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Main Street sea temperature is
14.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Main Street today?

The current surf forecast for Main Street at 7AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
3
2
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131388141313121212121211888101010615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8585848484107127233396526656645557412317247253235207495477628201169
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
15
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SE
20
SE
10
SSW
5
WSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
15
NW
30
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcrossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46PM
2.31
2:12PM
1.49
12:36AM
2.23
3:38PM
1.47
1:36AM
2.11
5:05PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
0.09
6:13PM
1.21
8:23AM
0.15
7:14PM
1.30
9:33AM
0.22
8:46PM
1.36
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise--6:24-------6:22-------6:22-----
Sunset-----7:37-------7:38-------7:39--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------511421----------
Temp. °C121213161717151514141315161513131212111314131212
Feels °C (?)1010121312131312101213121110910999107557
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