Surf Forecast Surf Report
Santa Cruz surf break

Santa Cruz surfForecast / Nayarit / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 17 Apr 2025 CST
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Santa Cruz surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Santa Cruz sea temperature is
25.3° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Santa Cruz today?

The current surf forecast for Santa Cruz at 5PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.1m 2s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)171716161616161616161615151515151515141414141414141413181818181717171719161916171718181818171616161616161616151815151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)74716969104103103102656495918988878655545452514949484847465082828177757411114212996671401482042462462461451241241241241711711691221127810475109109
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
5
SW
5
SE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
0
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
E
5
NE
0
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NW
15
W
15
W
5
W
5
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
NW
10
WSW
15
W
5
W
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
S
10
W
10
W
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
glassglassoffglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassonononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononglassglassglassoffglassonononglasscross-
off
glassoffglassonononglasscross-
off
glassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.05
10:24PM
1.50
12:30PM
0.94
10:40PM
1.43
10:51PM
1.33
10:03PM
1.21
7:28PM
1.22
5:13AM
1.18
7:16PM
1.33
6:28AM
1.31
7:27PM
1.45
7:21AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08PM
0.82
5:55AM
0.42
3:55PM
0.87
6:52AM
0.53
9:20AM
0.60
11:37AM
0.52
12:47AM
1.00
12:24PM
0.44
1:02AM
0.80
1:00PM
0.39
1:30AM
0.56
1:33PM
0.38
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:37-------6:37-------6:37-------6:35-------6:35-------6:33---
Sunset---7:20-------7:21-------7:21-------7:21-------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-------7:22
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252727252323222225282826232222212426272622212121242727262221202024282725222020202427272622202019242727262220202024272726
Feels °C (?)252728272524212125272827252423222526262623222121242626262322191923262625232019182324262623201917232526262320201923262727
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