Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 30 Mar 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
14.6° C
(Which is 1.2°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 9AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)9912121211111112121515151514141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)575659575649515134343455545454514763466262616162
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
5
NNE
0
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
ESE
5
W
5
WSW
20
ENE
5
NE
10
E
5
S
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrossglasscrosscrossglasscross-
on
offcross-
on
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:53AM
1.97
9:42PM
1.92
9:41AM
1.91
10:07PM
1.98
10:26AM
1.84
10:31PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:58AM
0.82
3:21PM
0.42
3:41AM
0.67
3:52PM
0.53
4:21AM
0.55
4:20PM
0.66
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise--6:52-------6:50-------6:48-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:22-------7:22--
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C151516171716151615151518151715141312121415151413
Feels °C (?)151416151516141414151217131613121211111213121312
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  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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