Main Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 03 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
14.9° C
(Which is 1.6°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 12AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)18s
Evening (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111111111111118181817171616161616151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)635624546435372317286238246240270264321280208206291284270256249246246188
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
NW
10
NNW
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
15
W
20
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:57AM
1.64
11:21PM
2.04
12:46PM
1.54
11:48PM
2.00
1:44PM
1.44
12:18AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:12PM
0.94
6:20AM
0.41
5:37PM
1.07
7:04AM
0.45
6:00PM
1.18
7:55AM
0.51
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------6:45-------6:43-------6:43-
Sunset-7:24-------7:25-------7:25------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191717161717172325191717161717201916141313131416
Feels °C (?)151214141414132020151515131515171613121111111213
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