The surf forecast is 3-5 ft and glassy right now for Santa Cruz, CA
- WEATHER - LIVE
Nearby Wind Station F0794 - Santa Cruz61° NW @ 0 → 1mph - LOW / HIGH TIDE The closest low and high tides to now.12:53pm / 5:10am
- BUOY 46236 Latest wave height and wave period from Buoy 46236WNW
6.6ft @ 13s - WATER TEMP No nearby water temp measurements,
using satellite derived data from yesterday.53° 4/3, Boots/Gloves(3)
Forecast
Surf Swell
5 day 16 day
- 12ft
- 10ft
- 8ft
- 6ft
- 4ft
- 2ft
MON 24
TUE 25
WED 26
THU 27
5am
- Clean
- Fair
- Choppy
Conditions are 4-5 ft and clean at 5am on Sun 3/23
TIDE LEVEL
High Tide 4.6 ft
Forecast Details
Basic
Detail
- Sunday, Mar 23
SURF WIND SWELL 6am 3-5 ftcleanNE
3mph4.8ft12sWNW12pm 3-5 ftcleanWSW 4mph4.8ft12sWNW6pm 3-5 ftcleanWNW 2mph2.6ft16sW - Best Board for Sunday
- Monday, Mar 24
SURF WIND SWELL 6am 3-4+ ftcleanN 1mph4.4ft14sWNW12pm 3-4 ftcleanSSW 0mph4ft14sWNW6pm 3+ ftcleanW 2mph3.6ft13sWNW - Tuesday, Mar 25
SURF WIND SWELL 6am 3-5 ftcleanNNE 5mph2ft18sW12pm 4-6 ftcleanSE 3mph2.6ft18sW6pm 4-6+ ftcleanSSE 2mph3.1ft17sW - Wednesday, Mar 26
SURF WIND SWELL 6am 4-6+ ftcleanSSE 3mph3.6ft16sW12pm 4-6+ ftfairSSW 6mph3.8ft15sW6pm 4-7 ftcleanSW 5mph4.4ft15sW - Thursday, Mar 27
SURF WIND SWELL 6am 4-5+ ftcleanNW 7mph3.8ft13sW12pm 5-7 ftcleanW 9mph5.9ft13sW6pm 8-10+ ftcleanWNW 14mph9ft13sW
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This forecast is for beaches with direct offshore winds from North to West-North-West, and was updated Mar 23, 2025 @ 6:54pm.
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