Stockton Avenue Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Cruz, USA)

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Surf Break: Stockton Avenue

Stockton Avenue Spot ID:

Type: reef

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell SW | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 12.5 °C

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Monday, 20 May 2013, 14:51 Local time

m, °C	Sun		Mon
ft, °F	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Wave (m)	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

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Stockton Avenue in Santa Cruz is an exposed reef break that has reasonably consistent surf. Summer offers the favoured conditions for surfing. The best wind direction is from the northeast. Groundswells are more common than windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the southwest. A reef breaks right. Best around low tide. A popular wave that can get growded. Take care of locals and sharks.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Santa Cruz, California, 3 miles from Stockton Avenue.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
HIGH TIDE
LOW TIDE

Stockton Avenue Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At SHIP4946, 17 km from Stockton Avenue.

fresh winds from the NNW

km/h

Air temperature
11.7 °C

Current weather near Stockton Avenue

Buoy Data:

At Monterey Buoy, 22 miles from Stockton Avenue.

	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Data Age	5 hr	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	8	9	9	9

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Overall Stockton Avenue Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Stockton Avenue: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Swift Street	0 mi
Second closest break	Mitchell's Cove	1 mi
Third closest break	Natural Bridges State Beach	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Cowells Cove	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Indicators	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Stockton Avenue:
Closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	22 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	54 mi
Third closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	71 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Cape San Martin Buoy	84 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	112 mi
Tide stations nearest to Stockton Avenue:
Closest tide station	Santa Cruz	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Moss Landing	17 mi
Third closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough railroad bridge	17 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Elkhorn Yacht Club	17 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough, Highway 1 Bridge	17 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Stockton Avenue:
Closest ski area	Badger Pass Ski Area (United States)	140 mi
Second closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	143 mi
Third closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	153 mi
Fourth closest ski area	China Peak Mountain Resort (United States)	160 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	162 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Stockton Avenue:
Closest city location	Santa Cruz (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Watsonville (United States)	16 mi
Third closest city location	Los Gatos (United States)	19 mi
Fourth closest city location	Saratoga (United States)	22 mi
Fifth closest city location	Campbell (United States)	24 mi

The closest passenger airport to Stockton Avenue is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 47 km (29 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Stockton Avenue is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ), also in USA, 52 km (32 miles) away.
Third is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 80 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 Stockton Avenue and is 122 km (76 miles) away.

Stockton Avenue break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Stockton Avenue, CAL - Santa Cruz. Use the tab navigation above to view Stockton Avenue sea temperature, Stockton Avenue photographs, Stockton Avenue detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Stockton Avenue webcams, current wind from CAL - Santa Cruz live weather stations and Stockton Avenue 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 Stockton Avenue.

Stockton Avenue Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Cruz, USA)

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Overall Stockton Avenue Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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