Beer Can Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Cruz, USA)

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Beer Can Beach Spot ID:

Type: beach

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell SSW | Wind NW

Sea Temperature Today is: 11.8 °C

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Saturday, 25 May 2013, 18:12 Local time

m, °C	Saturday 25
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off

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Beer Can Beach in Santa Cruz is a fairly exposed point break that has pretty consitent surf. Winter is the best time of year for surfing here. Offshore winds blow from the northwest. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around high tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Beware of sharks ,rocks and rips.

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California wave energy surf 12 hr forecast

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Santa Cruz, California, 6 miles from Beer Can Beach.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
HIGH TIDE
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Beer Can Beach Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At Watsonville Airport, 16 km from Beer Can Beach.

moderate winds from the E

km/h

Clear

Air temperature
17.8 °C

Current weather near Beer Can Beach

Buoy Data:

At Monterey Buoy, 27 miles from Beer Can Beach.

	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Data Age	5 hr	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	14	13	14	14

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Overall Beer Can Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different dire... (show all text)

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Beer Can Beach: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Capitola Rivermouth	0 mi
Second closest break	Sharks Cove/The Hook	0 mi
Third closest break	Capitola Jetty	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Pleasure Point-Insides	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Pleasure Point-Second Peak	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Beer Can Beach:
Closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	27 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	58 mi
Third closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	73 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Cape San Martin Buoy	85 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	114 mi
Tide stations nearest to Beer Can Beach:
Closest tide station	Santa Cruz	4 mi
Second closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough railroad bridge	14 mi
Third closest tide station	Elkhorn Yacht Club	14 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Kirby Park, Elkhorn Slough	14 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough, Highway 1 Bridge	14 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Beer Can Beach:
Closest ski area	Badger Pass Ski Area (United States)	135 mi
Second closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	139 mi
Third closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	149 mi
Fourth closest ski area	China Peak Mountain Resort (United States)	155 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	158 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Beer Can Beach:
Closest city location	Santa Cruz (United States)	4 mi
Second closest city location	Watsonville (United States)	12 mi
Third closest city location	Los Gatos (United States)	17 mi
Fourth closest city location	Morgan Hill (United States)	20 mi
Fifth closest city location	Saratoga (United States)	21 mi

The closest passenger airport to Beer Can Beach is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 44 km (27 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Beer Can Beach is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ), also in USA, 50 km (31 miles) away.
Third is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 81 km (50 miles) away.
Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK) in USA is 87 km (54 miles) away.
Modesto City Co Harry Sham Airport (MOD), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Beer Can Beach and is 115 km (71 miles) away.

Beer Can Beach break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Beer Can Beach, CAL - Santa Cruz. Use the tab navigation above to view Beer Can Beach sea temperature, Beer Can Beach photographs, Beer Can Beach detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Beer Can Beach webcams, current wind from CAL - Santa Cruz live weather stations and Beer Can Beach tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Beer Can Beach.

Beer Can Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Cruz, USA)

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Overall Beer Can Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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