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Pleasure Point-Insides in Santa Cruz is a fairly exposed reef break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the northwest. Clean groundswells prevail and the ideal swell angle is from the southwest. A right hand reef break. Best around low tide when the tide is rising. Likely to be crowded if working. Beware of sharks ,rocks and rips.

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Overall Pleasure Point-Insides Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Use this relief map to navigate to California - Santa Cruz surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Pleasure Point-Insides

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Pleasure Point-Insides:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Pleasure Point-Second Peak	0 mi
Second closest break	Santa Cruz 41st Privates	0 mi
Third closest break	Beer Can Beach	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Capitola Jetty	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Capitola Rivermouth	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Pleasure Point-Insides:
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	115 mi
Tide stations nearest to Pleasure Point-Insides:
Closest tide station	Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California	3 mi
Second closest tide station	Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California (sub)	3 mi
Third closest tide station	Santa Cruz, California	3 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough railroad bridge, Monterery Bay, Cali	14 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough railroad bridge, California	14 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Pleasure Point-Insides:
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	Sierra Summit Mountain Resort (United States)	155 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	158 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Pleasure Point-Insides:
Closest city location	Capitola (United States)	1 mi
Second closest city location	Opal Cliffs (United States)	1 mi
Third closest city location	Live Oak (United States)	2 mi
Fourth closest city location	Soquel (United States)	2 mi
Fifth closest city location	Twin Lakes (United States)	2 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Pleasure Point-Insides is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 44 km (27 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Pleasure Point-Insides is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ), also in USA, 51 km (32 miles) away.
• Third is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 82 km (51 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 Pleasure Point-Insides and is 115 km (71 miles) away.