Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 15 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 11PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)--
Afternoon (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)156778777779910101010101010109151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)134131198263199250297193316435669614566495452360367292260265144109107142
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
W
15
WSW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise------6:28-------6:28-------6:26-
Sunset-7:34-------7:35-------7:36------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151412121314141514141316151514181816141313131417
Feels °C (?)1298101111101078912101010151312101110101215
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