Beer Can Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Santa Cruz, USA)

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Beer Can Beach Surf Guide

Beer Can Beach in Santa Cruz is a fairly exposed point break that has pretty consitent surf. Winter is the best time of year for surfing here. Offshore winds blow from the northwest. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around high tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Beware of sharks ,rocks and rips.

Beer Can Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	3	fairly consistent	14.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Beer Can Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Beer Can Beach occur when a South-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northwest.

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What's the best time of year to surf Beer Can Beach (for consistent clean waves)?

juneBest Season: summer

The best time of year for surfing Beer Can Beach with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Summer and most often the month of June. Clean surfable waves are typically found 4% of the time in June while 0% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 96% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

96%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Beer Can Beach Location Map

Interactive Beer Can Beach surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Beer Can Beach is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 44 km (27 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Beer Can Beach is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ), also in USA, 50 km (31 miles) away.

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Beer Can Beach Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 01:44 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 06
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross

What does Beer Can Beach look like?

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Tides at Beer Can Beach

Current tide and informaton

For Live Oak, 3 km from Beer Can Beach.

Next High Water: 04:43pm | 1.5m

Next Low Water: 08:52am | 0.42m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Beer Can Beach Sea Temperature

The water temperature (14.7 °C) at Beer Can Beach is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (17.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 14.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite