Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 04 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
14.9° C
(Which is 1.6°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: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.7
NW
1.5
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
2.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)181717161616161615151515151515141414771414146
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)270264321280208206291284270256249246246188242239180201268199163163126370
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
35
NW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
2.00
1:44PM
1.44
12:18AM
1.94
3:01PM
1.37
12:52AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:37PM
1.07
7:04AM
0.45
6:00PM
1.18
7:55AM
0.51
6:20PM
1.27
8:56AM
0.57
Sat
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----6:43-------6:43-------6:41---
Sunset-------7:25-------7:27-------7:28
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019181820201714131313131515151312131314181816
Feels °C (?)171716141517171512111211111210109911101113118
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