Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 14 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
14.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 2PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (14 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (14 Apr)7ft (2.1m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.2
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
2.1
NW
1.4
WNW
1.7
NW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)99967887141577788888899101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242354280320415505416148140171163198264503232335209285392644893782625495
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
20
NW
30
WNW
40
NW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNW
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
30
NW
25
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
Sunrise6:31-------6:31-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:34-------7:34-------7:35----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121415131212121212141414131314141416181816161413
Feels °C (?)101095689101011109910121010111312101198
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