Surf Forecast Surf Report

Santa Cruz Harbour surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 24 Apr 2025 PDT
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Santa Cruz Harbour surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Santa Cruz Harbour sea temperature is
13.5° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Santa Cruz Harbour today?

The current surf forecast for Santa Cruz Harbour at 3AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 24). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (25 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (25 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

Table - waves today at Santa Cruz Harbour. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thu
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Fri
02
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)171715151515151516161616161918181818181517161616202020161918181818181817161616161616161616161515151514141414141421211313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)38138624924934434835830229829828028428027732941841832924916034038037138450750737329878081763963952242262561055553553555452942742141641132030429228428428021821821516015614517812889
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
10
SW
15
WSW
20
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
15
W
0
NNW
5
ENE
0
N
0
N
0
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
ESE
0
NE
0
NNE
0
SE
5
ESE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SE
0
SE
0
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
onononglassoffoffoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononononglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
1.45
9:19AM
1.27
9:31PM
1.58
10:24AM
1.29
10:03PM
1.70
11:27AM
1.29
10:39PM
1.79
12:30PM
1.28
11:18PM
1.84
1:34PM
1.26
12:01AM
1.83
2:42PM
1.24
12:48AM
1.76
3:56PM
1.23
1:42AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04AM
0.09
2:59PM
0.16
3:49AM
-0.16
3:39PM
0.31
4:35AM
-0.36
4:21PM
0.48
5:22AM
-0.48
5:03PM
0.64
6:11AM
-0.52
5:49PM
0.79
7:04AM
-0.47
6:42PM
0.91
8:01AM
-0.37
7:51PM
0.98
Thu
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Fri
02
Sunrise----6:20-------6:18-------6:18-------6:16-------6:16-------6:15-------6:13-------
Sunset-------7:51-------7:52-------7:52-------7:53-------7:53-------7:54-------7:55----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111099111314141111981014141411111010111111131110981015171814111111121718181311101011151716121110101115171612101010
Feels °C (?)88881091010896681110108978887978769141415141010111115161713111010101415141110991013151411101010
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