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Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
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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
13.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)How big are the waves at Main Street today?
The current surf forecast for Main Street at 2AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm May 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 May) | 5ft (1.5m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (10 May) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 8s |
| Evening (10 May) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Main Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 9 | Sunday 10 | Monday 11 | Tuesday 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
NW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | |
558 | 446 | 479 | 433 | 346 | 284 | 237 | 316 | 362 | 338 | 353 | 351 | 351 | 312 | 358 | 334 | 313 | 319 | 319 | 319 | 319 | 325 | 275 | 275 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | |
High Tide | 4:25AM1.59m | 6:55PM1.70m | 5:45AM1.56m | 7:13PM1.82m | 6:57AM1.56m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:34PM1.33m | 11:44AM0.58m | 00:37AM1.15m | 12:22PM0.63m | 1:26AM0.93m | 12:59PM0.70m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:55 | |
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Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 7 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 |
410 | 446 | 479 | 433 | 346 | 284 | 237 | 231 | 226 | 157 | 353 | 351 | 351 | 312 | 358 | 334 | 313 | 319 | 319 | 319 | 319 | 325 | 275 | 275 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | SW 17 | WNW 11 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
161 | 372 | 357 | 258 | 133 | 160 | 202 | 173 | 362 | 240 | 208 | 206 | 261 | 306 | 306 | 302 | 299 | 191 | 176 | 217 | 217 | 255 | 255 | 255 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 13 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | WNW 11 | SW 17 | SW 16 | S 12 | — | — | — | — | S 12 | — | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 13 |
120 | 118 | 111 | 141 | 255 | 209 | 209 | 316 | 170 | 338 | 264 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | 9 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
558 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 25 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 170 | 251 | 63 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
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