Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 09 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
14.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161616171818181815181716161616161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127165129167165257287375375375370162207200361432437437376371367362358295
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
0
NNW
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
35
SSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglassoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:39AM
1.72
7:52PM
1.48
4:03AM
1.69
7:57PM
1.53
5:24AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:19AM
0.59
10:26PM
1.45
12:16PM
0.55
12:07AM
1.37
12:59PM
0.52
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise--6:39-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:30-------7:30--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------11--11-----12
Temp. °C131314161616151514141416161614141312131515151412
Feels °C (?)121314151415161513121214131312131210111199710
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