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Main Street Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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 1.0°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 4PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (20 Mar) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
| Evening (20 Mar) | 3ft (0.9m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Main Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 174 | 206 | 201 | 217 | 196 | 192 | 203 | 214 | 196 | 171 | 149 | 192 | 300 | 322 | 768 | 1203 | 1229 | 716 | 665 | 615 | 516 | 531 | 573 | 904 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | off | glass | glass | glass | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 11:45AM 1.78 | 11:40PM 2.13 | 12:42PM 1.63 | 12:16AM 2.16 | 1:49PM 1.49 | 12:59AM 2.14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:36AM 0.45 | 5:26PM 0.73 | 6:27AM 0.37 | 5:57PM 0.89 | 7:24AM 0.35 | 6:31PM 1.04 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Mon 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
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