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Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 PST
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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
15.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Main Street today?

The current surf forecast for Main Street at 9PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)--
Afternoon (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (20 Nov)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
0
1
3
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)1216991414141414141414131313141414141716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16413743348515981913221221711902186018351708131314441444133312261299129924372269218721072054
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
ENE
15
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
30
NE
25
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:08PM
1.50
9:21AM
2.11
11:58PM
1.47
9:53AM
2.08
12:54AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17PM
0.23
3:11AM
1.23
4:56PM
0.24
3:40AM
1.28
5:38PM
0.28
4:10AM
1.33
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise------6:41-------6:43-------6:43-
Sunset-4:53-------4:53-------4:52------
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
14----------------------
Temp. °C131213121212111416171513121212151816151414131315
Feels °C (?)10101099878111412109109131511121212111113
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