Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 27 Mar 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
14.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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 7AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
NW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)10101010111111111010101010121111111111101010107
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52041836032035235928123422521215717517828024220020016316313512520076107
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
ENE
5
E
10
WSW
5
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
ESE
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
0
S
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassononononglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.96
8:18PM
1.65
7:03AM
1.98
8:48PM
1.75
8:02AM
1.99
9:16PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
1.29
1:22PM
0.29
1:14AM
1.14
2:08PM
0.29
2:11AM
0.98
2:47PM
0.34
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise--6:56-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset-----7:19-------7:20-------7:21--
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717181817151515131417151412121212131617151414
Feels °C (?)161616171716151515121416121211101111111415131412
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  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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