Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 12 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
14.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (13 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (13 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2.3
NW
1.9
NW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.6
SW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)101010101010109106799977788777157
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)769680680616480416399383462241374322274395294326363589427172237230140229
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
15
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NW
20
WNW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise----6:33-------6:31-------6:31---
Sunset-------7:32-------7:34-------7:34
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141312111113141413121111111414131212111111131413
Feels °C (?)1211109998887910910866989910107
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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