The Hook Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Cruz, USA)

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The Hook Spot ID:

Type: beach and reef

Reliability: inconsistent

Best: Swell SSW | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 11.8 °C

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Thursday, 23 May 2013, 18:24 Local time

m, °C	Thursday 23
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross

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The Hook in California - Santa Cruzis a beach and reef break that does not work very often with no particular seasonal pattern. Ideal winds are from the northeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the south southwest. A reef breaks right. Often Crowded. Watch out for rocks and sharks.

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United States wave energy surf 12 hr forecast

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Santa Cruz, California, 5 miles from The Hook.

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

The Hook Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At Watsonville Airport, 16 km from The Hook.

light winds from the S

km/h

Clear

Air temperature
16.1 °C

Current weather near The Hook

Buoy Data:

At Monterey Buoy, 27 miles from The Hook.

	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	8	9	11	11

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Overall The Hook Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

This image describes the range of swells directed at The Hook through a typical May and... (show all text)

The graph shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions ... (show all text)

The two graphs above are also combined in the single The Hook surf consistency graph.

Also see The Hook surf quality by season and The Hook surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to The Hook: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Pleasure Point-First Peak	0 mi
Second closest break	Pleasure Point-Second Peak	0 mi
Third closest break	Beer Can Beach	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Pleasure Point-Insides	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Pleasure Point-Sewer Peak	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to The Hook:
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 The Hook:
Closest tide station	Santa Cruz	3 mi
Second closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough railroad bridge	14 mi
Third closest tide station	Elkhorn Yacht Club	14 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Kirby Park, Elkhorn Slough	14 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough, Highway 1 Bridge	14 mi
Ski Resorts closest to The Hook:
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	China Peak Mountain Resort (United States)	156 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	158 mi
Town and city forecasts close to The Hook:
Closest city location	Santa Cruz (United States)	4 mi
Second closest city location	Watsonville (United States)	12 mi
Third closest city location	Los Gatos (United States)	18 mi
Fourth closest city location	Morgan Hill (United States)	21 mi
Fifth closest city location	Saratoga (United States)	21 mi

The Hook break location map and break info

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

The Hook Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Cruz, USA)

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Overall The Hook Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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