Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm 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
14.9° 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 3AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
NW
1.2
WNW
0.6
SSW
1.3
WNW
0.6
SW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.7
NW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)777714715778888887910101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)313222293140140171134158257277232335204238410456715782638495402346302240
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
35
WNW
25
NW
25
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
W
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
oncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise----6:31-------6:28-------6:28---
Sunset-------7:34-------7:35-------7:36
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121212121215151413131414141615161717151413171816
Feels °C (?)6891011121199111110101281012121099131312
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