Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 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
14.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Main Street today?

The current surf forecast for Main Street at 1PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (17 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)91010101010101015151515141414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55450646135329225021622911010910714214013813813613412593114113120118118
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
W
15
WSW
15
NW
15
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
5
NE
5
N
5
WSW
15
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
10
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassoncross-
on
glassononononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:56AM
1.72
10:25PM
2.29
11:54AM
1.64
11:03PM
2.33
12:58PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:39AM
0.25
4:12PM
0.85
5:28AM
0.13
4:48PM
0.97
6:20AM
0.08
5:28PM
1.10
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise--6:28-------6:26-------6:26-----
Sunset-----7:36-------7:37-------7:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161514181817141413131418171613131313131515151312
Feels °C (?)11109141313101211111215131411121112121312131211
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  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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