Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 08 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 1.8°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 6PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (08 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
0.5
SSW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)713661616161616161616171818181818181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1659877111127163127165129167165257287375375375370218207200361432437437
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
glassglassonononglassglassoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:39AM
1.72
7:52PM
1.48
4:03AM
1.69
7:57PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
0.60
11:19AM
0.59
10:26PM
1.45
12:16PM
0.55
12:07AM
1.37
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:37-------
Sunset---7:29-------7:30-------7:30----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------111--221
Temp. °C151917151314141414161616151514141416161514131313
Feels °C (?)121512101013141414151415151513121314131212111211
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