Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 24 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 10PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Apr)--
Afternoon (24 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (24 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Mon
27
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
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
1.3
WNW
6
0.6
SSW
13
0.7
WNW
12
0.4
WNW
16
0.4
WNW
15
0.9
WNW
11
0.8
WNW
11
0.8
WNW
11
0.7
WNW
11
0.7
WNW
11
0.5
W
14
0.6
WNW
15
0.6
W
16
0.5
W
16
0.6
WNW
16
0.6
WNW
16
0.6
WNW
15
0.6
WNW
14
0.7
WNW
14
0.7
WNW
14
0.7
WNW
14
0.7
WNW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
140
138
115
120
127
86
79
170
138
158
123
121
107
174
183
129
196
188
167
160
215
215
210
192
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
20
NW
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
on
High Tide
6:56PM1.70m
5:39AM1.79m
7:33PM1.80m
6:52AM1.75m
8:03PM1.90m
7:55AM1.72m
Low Tide
11:47AM0.34m
00:09AM1.18m
12:40PM0.41m
1:17AM1.00m
1:25PM0.49m
2:10AM0.81m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:18
6:16
6:16
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7:42
7:42
7:43
7:44
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
12
12
12
12
12
13
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
15
13
13
12
11
11
13
9
8
8
9
9
10
11
11
10
9
10
10
10
11
10
10
11
11
9
11
9
8
9
9
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
WNW
12
0.6
WNW
12
0.6
WNW
12
0.6
WNW
12
0.7
WNW
12
0.5
WNW
12
0.5
WNW
12
0.9
WNW
11
0.8
WNW
11
0.4
SSW
13
0.7
WNW
11
0.5
W
14
0.5
W
14
0.6
WNW
15
0.6
W
16
0.5
W
16
0.6
WNW
16
0.6
WNW
16
0.6
WNW
15
0.6
WNW
14
0.7
WNW
14
0.7
WNW
14
0.7
WNW
14
0.7
WNW
14
Energy kJ
123
119
115
96
127
81
79
170
138
67
123
107
107
174
183
129
196
188
167
160
215
215
210
192
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.6
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.5
W
15
0.5
SW
13
0.4
WNW
14
0.5
W
15
0.4
SSW
12
0.5
NW
11
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
NW
8
Energy kJ
140
138
95
120
69
69
69
112
85
69
109
59
56
58
37
37
28
28
28
28
28
27
25
10
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
W
14
0.3
W
18
0.4
SSW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.4
SSW
12
0.1
SW
18
0.3
NW
10
0.3
W
13
0.2
W
13
0.3
NW
10
0.3
NW
9
0.2
WSW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.2
WSW
15
0.3
NW
8
0.2
SSW
11
Energy kJ
46
47
46
84
84
86
78
68
65
54
66
7
58
12
15
30
14
14
12
21
34
22
10
12
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
WNW
6
1.2
WNW
6
1.3
WNW
6
1.1
WNW
6
1
WNW
6
0.9
WNW
6
0.8
WNW
6
0.8
WNW
11
0.7
WNW
11
0.6
W
4
0.7
W
4
0.7
W
5
0.7
W
5
0.7
W
5
0.8
W
5
0.8
WNW
5
0.9
WNW
5
0.9
WNW
5
0.9
WNW
5
0.7
WNW
5
0.6
W
5
Energy kJ
93
90
97
80
62
57
40
158
121
12
19
21
22
24
34
35
34
33
32
23
16
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Distance (km)
97
127
97
25
19
16
16
97
217
251
61
61
25
16
25
127
251
251
25
19
19
19
16
97
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
2
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
8
5
8
6
6
7
7
9
9
8
7
5
6
6
6
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