Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 19 Feb 2026 PST
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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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.7°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 3PM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (19 Feb)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)11ft (3.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)1289101011111111111111111010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2174112120252692281024272059271815001121802680521404274227186132987365627674
Wind
(km/h)
45
WSW
35
W
45
WNW
45
NW
40
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
10
NE
15
N
15
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
10
N
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
SE
20
S
20
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42AM
1.93
11:31PM
1.89
11:30AM
1.76
12:03AM
1.95
12:28PM
1.56
12:40AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:44AM
0.80
5:08PM
0.48
5:35AM
0.73
5:36PM
0.64
6:33AM
0.68
6:06PM
0.81
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:41-------
Sunset---5:47-------5:49-------5:50----
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
421---------------------
Temp. °C1313111111111098101212111088811141312121110
Feels °C (?)5511133345765744479991087
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