Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am 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
14.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Main Street today?

The current surf forecast for Main Street at 5PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
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
Period(s) (?)1515141414141414141413131313131313131388141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1071421401381381361341251191141131441181188585848484107130236402534
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
NNE
10
E
5
E
10
ESE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononglassglassoffglassoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54AM
1.64
11:03PM
2.33
12:58PM
1.56
11:46PM
2.31
2:12PM
1.49
12:36AM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
0.13
4:48PM
0.97
6:20AM
0.08
5:28PM
1.10
7:18AM
0.09
6:13PM
1.21
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise6:26-------6:26-------6:24-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:37-------7:37----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------2
Temp. °C141717161414131313161515131312111216161615131313
Feels °C (?)1215131413131212121412131212999131213131099
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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