Main Street Surf Report & Forecast

Local Knowledge

Main Street in Santa Barbara is an exposed sandbar break that has inconsistent surf with no specific seasonal pattern. It performs best with offshore winds from the east-southeast and tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells, with the ideal swell direction being west-northwest. The sandbar produces both left and right-hand waves and is surfable at all tide stages. While it’s rarely crowded, surfers need to be cautious of dangerous rip currents. The best conditions for clean waves occur in winter, particularly in January.