Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 15 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
14.9° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Main Street today?

The current surf forecast for Main Street at 5PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
1.3
WNW
0.6
SW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
NW
1.3
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1471567888887889910101010101010715
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)140171134140235270226306326204369447601658612495461410367292245221115109
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
5
W
15
WSW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise6:31-------6:28-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:34-------7:35-------7:36----
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121415141212131414151414131615141418171614131213
Feels °C (?)111212981010101010788121191015121310101011
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