Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 12 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 10AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (12 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (12 Apr)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)161515810101010101010101096778999677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)291280266375627740769680680616540399383402305286162423465280311279332344
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
30
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise--6:35-------6:33-------6:31-----
Sunset-----7:31-------7:32-------7:34--
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3--1--------------------
Temp. °C141313151514131211111113141412121111111414131211
Feels °C (?)1010101211111110999109768998108666
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