Shacks Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Shacks surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 31 Oct 2025 PDT

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Shacks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Shacks sea temperature is 15.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Shacks today?

The current surf forecast for Shacks at 3PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 21s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	10s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Evening (31 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	10s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

Print Table

	Friday 31						Saturday 01								Sunday 02								Mon 03
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	SSW	NW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	20	10	20	20	20	19	14	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	455	365	318	342	546	432	298	298	415	497	1169	1518	3128	3014	2940	2609	2276	2001	2049	2048	1851	1826	1644	1475
Wind (km/h)	NNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNE	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:44AM 1.75				6:40PM 1.68					8:04AM 1.87			7:49PM 1.69					8:28AM 2.02				8:53PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			1:20PM 1.14				1:19AM 0.56					2:09PM 0.90			1:57AM 0.63					2:56PM 0.62				2:35AM 0.72

	Friday 31						Saturday 01								Sunday 02								Mon 03
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	17	19	16	16	15	15	15	19	21	22	17	16	16	15	15	18	21	17	16	15	13	13
Feels °C (?)	10	13	14	16	15	14	13	14	13	18	17	18	15	14	15	14	15	16	19	15	14	15	10	11

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