Waddell Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Cruz, USA)

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Surf Break: Waddell Creek

Waddell Creek Spot ID:

Type: beach and reef

Reliability: inconsistent

Best: Swell SW | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 12.4 °C

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Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 10:01 Local time

m, °C	Tuesday 21
ft, °F	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross

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Waddell Creek in Santa Cruz is an exposed beach and reef break that has unreliable waves Offshore winds blow from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the southwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around high tide. Even when there are waves, it's not likley to be crowded. Watch out for rips, sharks and rocks.

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California wave energy surf 12 hr forecast

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Ano Nuevo Island, California, 4 miles from Waddell Creek.

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

Waddell Creek Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At BUOY-46042, 38 km from Waddell Creek.

strong winds from the NNW

km/h

Air temperature
10.5 °C

Current weather near Waddell Creek

Buoy Data:

At Monterey Buoy, 22 miles from Waddell Creek.

	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	10	10	10	10

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Overall Waddell Creek Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Also see Waddell Creek surf quality by season and Waddell Creek surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Waddell Creek: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Ano Nuevo	1 mi
Second closest break	Scott Creek-Beach	2 mi
Third closest break	Scott Creek-Reef	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Davenport Landing	3 mi
Fifth closest break	Gazos Creek	6 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Waddell Creek:
Closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	22 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	37 mi
Third closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	54 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	96 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Cape San Martin Buoy	97 mi
Tide stations nearest to Waddell Creek:
Closest tide station	Ano Nuevo Island	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Santa Cruz	18 mi
Third closest tide station	Palo Alto Yacht Harbor	26 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Granite Rock, Redwood Creek, San Francisco Bay	27 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Smith Slough, San Francisco Bay	27 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Waddell Creek:
Closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	149 mi
Second closest ski area	Badger Pass Ski Area (United States)	150 mi
Third closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	156 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	164 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sierra at Tahoe (United States)	167 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Waddell Creek:
Closest city location	Santa Cruz (United States)	17 mi
Second closest city location	Saratoga (United States)	19 mi
Third closest city location	Cupertino (United States)	20 mi
Fourth closest city location	Los Gatos (United States)	20 mi
Fifth closest city location	Los Altos (United States)	22 mi

The closest passenger airport to Waddell Creek is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ) in USA, 41 km (25 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Waddell Creek is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), also in USA, 43 km (27 miles) away.
Third is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 57 km (35 miles) away.
Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK) in USA is 69 km (43 miles) away.
Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Waddell Creek and is 128 km (80 miles) away.

Waddell Creek break location map and break info

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

Waddell Creek Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Cruz, USA)

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Overall Waddell Creek Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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