Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 16 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
14.5° 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 1PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (16 Apr)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (16 Apr)7ft (2.1m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)877789101010101010101015151515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25715729442358765862549541136032025526526511010910714214013813813613497
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
25
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
W
15
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
WSW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
1.77
9:52PM
2.20
10:56AM
1.72
10:25PM
2.29
11:54AM
1.64
11:03PM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
0.73
4:39AM
0.25
4:12PM
0.85
5:28AM
0.13
4:48PM
0.97
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:28-------6:28-------6:26-------
Sunset---7:35-------7:36-------7:37----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141614151416151514181816141313131418161614131313
Feels °C (?)101179912101010141312111011101215131412111212
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