Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 14 Jul 2025 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
13.6° C
(Which is 2.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Main Street today?

The current surf forecast for Main Street at 5PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jul)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (14 Jul)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (14 Jul)2ft (0.6m)15s

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

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Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
NW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.4
NW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)1416151515101015141419191918181818181716161616161616161515151515151515151614131314141414141477777888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)337329321297306274240246434387338460453529418404397509535484478406414411404406357352297363318256256300327304313212198195164271192202223218186187193200188397213213218249234209495255
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
0
NNW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
0
NNW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
15
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
W
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
0
W
0
SW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
5
WNW
0
SE
0
S
0
SSE
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassononononcross-
on
glassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassonononononglassglassglassononononglassglassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
1.68
12:55AM
1.86
2:43PM
1.77
1:54AM
1.66
3:22PM
1.86
3:12AM
1.46
4:05PM
1.96
4:53AM
1.32
4:54PM
2.06
6:45AM
1.30
5:47PM
2.15
8:16AM
1.36
6:43PM
2.24
9:20AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
0.29
7:14PM
1.12
7:53AM
0.42
8:26PM
1.05
8:28AM
0.58
9:47PM
0.92
9:07AM
0.76
11:11PM
0.75
9:53AM
0.93
12:27AM
0.55
10:51AM
1.07
1:31AM
0.34
11:59AM
1.16
2:28AM
0.17
1:08PM
1.20
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
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Sunset----8:16-------8:15-------8:15-------8:15-------8:15-------8:14-------8:14-------
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Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)1214141312111212131415151312131213141513131211111213121311121311121311119101011131412111091213151514131012131315151512
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Main Street (light winds from the WNW at Santa Maria Airport 20 km from Main Street). not gfswave

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20 km away, 1 h 59 min ago

17 km/h
WNW
21.1
13.6
Air / Water (°C)
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