Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 PST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
15.2° 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 2PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (18 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WNW
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
WNW
2.3
W
1.4
WNW
3
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)1212121313131313128910101111111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54773503302127822422208817801659618122820272738261522922814158713481008785608487352274227
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
5
NW
5
S
30
SSW
40
W
40
W
45
WNW
45
NW
35
NW
35
NW
25
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
N
15
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
10
N
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
crossonononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59AM
2.07
11:03PM
1.81
10:42AM
1.93
11:31PM
1.89
11:30AM
1.76
12:03AM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
0.35
4:44AM
0.80
5:08PM
0.48
5:35AM
0.73
5:36PM
0.64
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise6:45-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---5:46-------5:47-------5:49----
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1------1621-------------
Temp. °C10111212111111111312111111111099101212111098
Feels °C (?)345668845411234456866764
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Main Street surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest