Beer Can Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 06 Sep 2025 PDT
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Beer Can Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Beer Can Beach sea temperature is
17.2° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Beer Can Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Beer Can Beach at 6AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (06 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (06 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

Table - waves today at Beer Can Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313141414141414121313131212121212201911181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)281291264227234265266268229194223240229189201150171136262293265351293319
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
0
NE
5
E
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
0
E
5
ENE
0
ENE
0
ENE
5
SW
15
SW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
1.75
10:00PM
2.12
11:12AM
1.85
10:49PM
2.07
11:39AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
0.25
4:02PM
0.96
4:47AM
0.29
4:49PM
0.80
5:19AM
0.39
5:39PM
0.65
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise--6:41-------6:43-------6:43-----
Sunset-----7:29-------7:27-------7:25--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151415202224181616161722232320161616162122232018
Feels °C (?)161516192123181616161722222221171717172221222019
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Beer Can Beach (calm at Santa Cruz 1 km from Beer Can Beach). A 0.6m groundswell from the SSW

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