4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 10 Apr 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.2°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 4PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
1
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.5
WSW
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)1817151515161616161616161616169101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48646923928735841241249949940239735735335334898117422072168213281058771587450
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
S
20
SSE
25
S
30
SSW
35
S
25
W
20
SSW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12PM
1.57
5:42AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
0.55
12:27AM
1.39
1:17PM
0.52
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise6:41-------6:39-------6:39-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:38-------7:39----
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111-1211111192333611----
Temp. °C131515151414131313141414111212121210131311111111
Feels °C (?)111212111113131199876866768978910
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