Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 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
14.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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 1AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm 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
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
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
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)18171616161616161616161616151581010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)207200361432437437376371367362358295291280266307851951865769680586512445
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SE
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
35
SSW
20
W
15
W
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
N
5
E
10
E
5
E
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
1.53
5:24AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:16PM
0.55
12:07AM
1.37
12:59PM
0.52
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise------6:35-------6:35-------6:33-
Sunset-7:30-------7:30-------7:31------
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1--11-----124--11-------
Temp. °C161614141313131516161515131313141414131211101113
Feels °C (?)1313121312121112121110991011101011111198910
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