Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 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: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
0
1
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
2.4
NW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)7811111111121211111111111118181817171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)455735792773724624565565483435372317242238246240270264321280208206291284
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
20
N
25
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
5
N
15
W
20
NW
15
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NNW
15
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NE
10
W
15
W
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
glassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:55PM
2.05
11:57AM
1.64
11:21PM
2.04
12:46PM
1.54
11:48PM
2.00
1:44PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40AM
0.42
5:12PM
0.94
6:20AM
0.41
5:37PM
1.07
7:04AM
0.45
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----6:47-------6:45-------6:43---
Sunset-------7:24-------7:25-------7:25
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131514121117191616161616172223181817161616181715
Feels °C (?)6977715151112141413141918161615141414161413
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