A fickle Santa Barbara sandbar that flashes fast, hollow lefts and rights on strong W-NW groundswells and cleans up with ESE offshore breezes. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for Main Street in California.
Forecast
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Tide curve (forecast)
1.3 ftfalling
The sandbar shifts frequently - peaks can jump tens of yards day-to-day and the shorebreak produces strong rips on bigger days.
When it works it prefers long-period groundswells from the W-NW and light E-SE offshore winds.
The break is reported surfable across tide stages but expect punchy, ledgy closeouts on bigger swells.
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