4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 25 Feb 2026 PST
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4 Mile surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's 4 Mile sea temperature is
13.4° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 4 Mile today?

The current surf forecast for 4 Mile at 1PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (25 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (25 Feb)4ft (1.2m)9s

Table - waves today at 4 Mile. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.4
WNW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)99999999999914913181818181817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4523933483052612031681651381201068366524412312312361609387134132
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
0
SE
10
W
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
N
5
N
5
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NE
0
NW
10
NW
0
NE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
2.08
7:24PM
1.45
5:19AM
2.11
8:13PM
1.54
6:28AM
2.17
8:51PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:06PM
0.34
10:51PM
1.31
1:09PM
0.24
12:18AM
1.27
2:01PM
0.16
1:26AM
1.17
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise6:45-------6:43-------6:41-------
Sunset---5:58-------5:59-------6:00----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141517171716151515182121191817171719222221201817
Feels °C (?)131617161717151515171818181716161619212220191616
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