Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 18 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
13.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Main Street today?

The current surf forecast for Main Street at 2AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)1414141414141313131313131313138814131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1381361341251191141131441181188585848484104124233396526794761930412
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
0
NW
5
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
15
SE
20
SE
10
S
20
SSE
25
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassonononglassglassoffoffglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:03PM
2.33
12:58PM
1.56
11:46PM
2.31
2:12PM
1.49
12:36AM
2.23
3:38PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
0.08
5:28PM
1.10
7:18AM
0.09
6:13PM
1.21
8:23AM
0.15
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:26-------6:24-------6:22---
Sunset-------7:37-------7:37-------7:38
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------------59321
Temp. °C141414131416151513131212121616161514131313151615
Feels °C (?)13131312141412131212101010131112131191110101010
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