Steamer Lane-Middle Peak Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.95° N 122.03° W)

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Steamer Lane-Middle Peak surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 30 Aug 2025 PDT

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Steamer Lane-Middle Peak surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Steamer Lane-Middle Peak sea temperature is 16.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Steamer Lane-Middle Peak today?

The current surf forecast for Steamer Lane-Middle Peak at 4AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 30). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Afternoon (31 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	12s
Evening (31 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s

Table - waves today at Steamer Lane-Middle Peak. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Sat 30		Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	SW	SSW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	19	6	6	7	6	6	12	17	10	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	7	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	0	60	203	220	155	70	23	0	10	210	272	249	223	242	106	111	101	113	128	126	138	110	122	127
Wind (km/h)	NE	N	N	NNW	N	W	W	NW	NNE	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	WSW	WSW	S	E	NE	NW	N	WSW	SW	SW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								4:17PM 1.50						10:01AM 1.19			5:23PM 1.51					10:03AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)			11:17PM 0.36								12:29AM 0.29				12:17PM 1.16				1:28AM 0.19				1:23PM 1.11

	Sat 30		Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	22	21	22	28	29	30	23	21	19	19	19	24	24	23	18	17	15	15	15	19	21	22
Feels °C (?)	22	20	20	19	20	26	27	27	22	21	19	18	19	23	23	23	19	18	16	16	15	19	20	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Steamer Lane-Middle Peak (calm at Santa Cruz 2 km from Steamer Lane-Middle Peak). A 1.5m windswell from the NW
1 hour 17 minutes ago Steamer Lane-Middle Peak

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1 h 17 min ago

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