The surf forecast is 3-5 ft and glassy right now for Santa Cruz, CA
- WEATHER FORECAST
No active nearby wind station. Using forecast data.51° NE @ 2mph - LOW / HIGH TIDE The closest low and high tides to now.5:39am / 12:27am
- BUOY 46236 Latest wave height and wave period from Buoy 46236W
4.9ft @ 14s - WATER TEMP No nearby water temp measurements,
using satellite derived data from yesterday.57° 3/2, Boots/Gloves
Forecast
Surf Swell
5 day 16 day
- 8ft
- 6ft
- 4ft
- 2ft
WED 21
THU 22
FRI 23
SAT 24
SUN 25
10am
- Clean
- Fair
- Choppy
Conditions are 3-4+ ft and clean at 10am on Tue 1/20
TIDE LEVEL
High Tide 5.2 ft
Forecast Details
Basic
Detail
- Wednesday, Jan 21
SURF WIND SWELL 6am 4-7 ftcleanNE
2mph4.4ft14sW12pm 4-6 ftcleanS 3mph4.3ft13sW6pm 4-6 ftcleanS 2mph4.1ft13sW - Best Board for Wednesday
- Thursday, Jan 22
SURF WIND SWELL 6am 3-5 ftcleanN 2mph3.6ft12sW12pm 3-4 ftcleanS 2mph3.3ft12sW6pm 2-4 ftcleanNW 3mph3.1ft11sW - Friday, Jan 23
SURF WIND SWELL 6am 2-4 ftcleanSW 0mph2.5ft14sW12pm 3+ ftcleanS 2mph2.3ft13sW6pm 3-4+ ftcleanNNW 5mph3ft13sW - Saturday, Jan 24
SURF WIND SWELL 6am 3+ ftfairNNE 6mph2.7ft14sW12pm 4-6+ ftcleanNNE 3mph4.1ft14sW6pm 4-5+ ftfairN 5mph3.9ft14sW - Best Surf Trip
This Week’s Swell? You Could Be On It.
- Sunday, Jan 25
SURF WIND SWELL 6am 3-4+ ftchoppyENE 7mph2.9ft13sW12pm 2-4 ftcleanESE 4mph2.6ft12sW6pm 3+ ftcleanW 1mph2.4ft12sW
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This forecast is for East-South-East facing beaches, and was updated Jan 20, 2026 @ 11:17pm.
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