Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 10 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 7AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
3
4
4
3
3
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.6
W
2.1
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)1616161616161616161616151581010101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36143243743737637136736235829529128027633191810661081969769680523454375336
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
35
SSW
25
W
15
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
5
WNW
5
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
15
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
1.53
5:24AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
1.37
12:59PM
0.52
Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----6:35-------6:35-------6:33---
Sunset-------7:30-------7:31-------7:32
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11-----123-11----------
Temp. °C151414131315161615151313131414141312111111141414
Feels °C (?)1313131211121211109810111191011119991188
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