Davenport Landing surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDT
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Davenport Landing surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Davenport Landing sea temperature is
14.3° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Davenport Landing today?

The current surf forecast for Davenport Landing at 9AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

Table - waves today at Davenport Landing. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.6
NW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.3
NW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.5
NW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151579999910101010101010101615151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12586281389460508519951544457371261296284251408250174169167167165163163
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
25
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
1.29
10:09PM
1.62
11:21AM
1.27
10:43PM
1.71
12:19PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
-0.05
4:05PM
0.31
4:53AM
-0.23
4:43PM
0.46
5:37AM
-0.36
5:24PM
0.60
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--6:33-------6:31-------6:31-----
Sunset-----7:44-------7:45-------7:45--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C13910141918121112111215171713121111121516171313
Feels °C (?)1046111311779891111109988101313151011
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