4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
12.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at 4 Mile today?

The current surf forecast for 4 Mile at 1PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (25 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
1
2
3
!
4
3
1
3
4
3
2
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.1
NW
0.6
SSW
1.6
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
3
NW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)16169167891010101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)179175198171250560830162983277869212751172427378445417389327250245240240240
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
ESE
0
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:01PM
1.51
4:50AM
2.00
7:59PM
1.59
6:11AM
1.98
8:40PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31AM
0.33
10:40PM
1.36
12:42PM
0.31
12:20AM
1.31
1:41PM
0.30
1:37AM
1.18
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise7:05-------7:03-------7:01-------
Sunset---7:23-------7:24-------7:25----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C14171918141110910141921181717171719202016151413
Feels °C (?)11141513107657121518161514141417171713131311
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