Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 20 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
14.4° C
(Which is 1.1°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 4AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


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Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.8
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
W
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)814131312121212121111111110101061510141614146
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131233396526656645557477702296234226442426467628174169169163226226229215
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SE
20
SE
30
SSE
10
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
W
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
N
15
NW
30
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
30
WNW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:36AM
2.23
3:38PM
1.47
1:36AM
2.11
5:05PM
1.52
2:49AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:23AM
0.15
7:14PM
1.30
9:33AM
0.22
8:46PM
1.36
10:44AM
0.28
Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise----6:22-------6:22-------6:20---
Sunset-------7:38-------7:39-------7:40
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---111411----------------
Temp. °C151414141416161614131312121414141313131313171514
Feels °C (?)1311109131212121110111091077799991397
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