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Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
15.4° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 11PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)--
Evening (08 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)161616161616151515141414141413131313131314131320
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3352319228212583225720231698139312251010874712702537434326269215189204213253222205
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
E
5
NE
10
NW
10
N
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
1.81
2:23PM
1.42
3:32AM
1.85
4:01PM
1.27
4:15AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
0.59
9:11AM
1.01
8:26PM
0.79
10:37AM
0.90
9:06PM
0.96
11:49AM
0.75
Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----7:09-------7:09-------7:09--
Sunset-------5:07-------5:08-------5:09
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121110889131413121111111115171413121212131718
Feels °C (?)54433511111087677111410877791414
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