Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 06 Mar 2026 PST
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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
13.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Main Street today?

The current surf forecast for Main Street at 5AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (07 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (07 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
0
2
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
3
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)11111111111010101010101010910131313121212111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)745638560460452389298292240235179186151108151362357341299274274504512598
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
0
NNE
5
NW
10
W
15
NNW
5
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
N
5
N
5
N
0
S
5
SW
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:44PM
1.92
12:40PM
1.47
12:14AM
1.88
1:50PM
1.34
12:49AM
1.83
3:54PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
0.64
5:49PM
0.99
7:28AM
0.67
6:08PM
1.13
8:39AM
0.70
Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise----6:24-------6:22-------6:20---
Sunset-------6:02-------6:04-------6:04
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171514131318212116151517151922181515141413151413
Feels °C (?)12121110916181712131212111617141213121212141211
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  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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