Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 23 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
15.0° C
(Which is 1.7°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 2AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (24 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (24 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Thu night, calm by Sat morning).

Thu
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
WNW
14
0.9
WNW
13
0.8
WNW
13
1.6
WNW
7
0.7
WNW
13
0.7
WNW
13
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
1.2
WNW
6
0.7
WNW
12
0.6
WNW
12
0.6
WNW
12
0.9
WNW
11
0.9
WNW
11
0.4
SSW
13
0.7
WNW
11
0.7
WNW
11
0.7
WNW
11
0.6
WNW
15
0.6
W
16
0.5
W
16
0.6
WNW
16
0.6
WNW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
210
282
201
243
149
145
140
145
129
100
127
94
93
170
173
67
123
121
119
174
183
129
196
188
Wind (km/h)
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
10
NE
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
4:15AM1.87m
6:56PM1.70m
5:39AM1.79m
7:33PM1.80m
6:52AM1.75m
Low Tide
10:37PM1.32m
11:47AM0.34m
00:09AM1.18m
12:40PM0.41m
1:17AM1.00m
1:25PM0.49m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
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6:20
6:18
6:16
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7:42
7:42
7:43
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
12
13
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
14
8
8
9
10
11
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
11
11
10
10
11
10
10
11
11
11
11
10
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
WNW
14
0.9
WNW
13
0.8
WNW
13
1.3
WNW
7
1.2
WNW
7
0.7
WNW
13
0.6
WNW
12
0.6
WNW
12
0.6
WNW
12
0.5
WNW
12
0.7
WNW
12
0.6
WNW
12
0.6
WNW
12
0.5
W
15
0.9
WNW
11
0.6
WNW
8
0.7
WNW
11
0.5
W
14
0.5
W
14
0.6
WNW
15
0.6
W
16
0.6
W
5
0.6
WNW
16
0.6
WNW
16
Energy kJ
210
282
201
149
124
145
123
119
115
82
127
94
93
112
173
50
123
107
107
174
183
15
196
188
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.8
WNW
13
0.7
WNW
13
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.5
SW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.5
SW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.5
W
15
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.5
W
16
0.4
SW
12
0.3
SSW
12
Energy kJ
135
123
121
198
149
142
140
138
129
88
69
69
69
68
85
67
109
59
58
58
37
129
37
28
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SW
12
0.3
SW
12
0.5
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.3
W
16
0.3
W
16
0.3
W
16
0.3
W
16
0.4
WNW
16
0.4
WNW
16
0.4
WNW
16
0.4
WNW
15
0.1
SW
16
0.4
W
14
0.4
WNW
11
0.4
SSW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.2
WSW
13
0.1
SW
18
0.3
NW
10
0.4
SW
12
0.2
W
13
0.2
WNW
10
Energy kJ
27
23
23
121
142
47
46
47
46
84
84
86
78
10
65
47
66
7
16
12
15
37
14
9
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WNW
6
1.3
WNW
6
1.3
WNW
7
1.6
WNW
7
1.2
WNW
7
1.3
WNW
6
1.4
WNW
6
1.3
WNW
6
1.2
WNW
6
1
WNW
6
0.9
WNW
6
0.8
WNW
6
0.9
WNW
11
0.7
WNW
11
0.7
WNW
11
0.7
W
4
0.7
W
4
0.6
W
5
0.6
W
5
Energy kJ
134
136
149
243
125
136
145
127
100
64
57
40
170
121
119
17
19
16
18
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
Distance (km)
74
19
19
19
0
244
97
127
97
19
19
16
0
97
126
251
61
61
25
16
16
74
819
251
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
6
5
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
6
9
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