Sunset State Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.90° N 121.84° W

Issued: 10 pm 10 Jun 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Sunset State Beach sea temperature is
12.8° C

Normal for this time of year

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for Sunset State Beach based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Sunset State Beach right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Sunset State Beach

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

La Selva Beach wx

6 km NW30 m above sea level

44 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 9°)
5
13 °C-
-
-
-
0

Watsonville Airport

7 km NE216 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearClear
0
calm
(0 km/h at 0°)
13.3 °C16
16


Aptos

9 km NW40 m above sea level

43 minutes ago
dry
5
calm
(5 km/h at 325°)
15
16 °C-
-
-
-
0

Rio del Mar

9 km NW71 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 157°)
0
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

BUOY-MLSC1

12 km SSE3 m above sea level

2 hours ago
0
-
(0 km/h at -°)
13.0 °C-
-


Capitola

13 km WNW25 m above sea level

46 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 22°)
0
- °C-
-
-
-
0

Santa Cruz

14 km WNW20 m above sea level

44 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 121°)
0
13 °C-
-
-
-
0

Santa Cruz

17 km WNW108 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at °)
0
15 °C-
-
-
-
0

BUOY-46236

18 km S3 m above sea level

51 minutes ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-


Santa Cruz wx

18 km W16 m above sea level

55 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 0°)
0
15 °C-
-
-
-
0

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Sunset State Beach and within an acceptable time window.

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