Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 19 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
13.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Main Street today?

The current surf forecast for Main Street at 2PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.5
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)14141313131313131313138814131312121212121188
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1191141131441181188585848491129124233396526656645557412317247291251
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
W
15
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
5
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
35
SSE
35
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononglassglassoffoffoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58PM
1.56
11:46PM
2.31
2:12PM
1.49
12:36AM
2.23
3:38PM
1.47
1:36AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
0.08
5:28PM
1.10
7:18AM
0.09
6:13PM
1.21
8:23AM
0.15
7:14PM
1.30
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise6:26-------6:24-------6:22-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:37-------7:38----
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1882111--
Temp. °C141615151313121213171717151414131315151514131212
Feels °C (?)14151213121210101114121313111097991011101010
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