4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 28 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
12.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at 4 Mile today?

The current surf forecast for 4 Mile at 3PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
1
NW
0.5
SSW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.8
WNW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
1.1
NW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010109912998888888815
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26126726122923417817116816416112315987225197163841631141471098815365
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
0
ESE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
W
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
WNW
30
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:23AM
1.98
9:13PM
1.78
8:25AM
1.98
9:43PM
1.86
9:20AM
1.96
10:10PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.31
2:36AM
1.02
3:11PM
0.36
3:26AM
0.86
3:48PM
0.45
4:11AM
0.70
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise7:00-------6:58-------6:56-------
Sunset---7:27-------7:28-------7:29----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121416151514161616202224201917171518181515141313
Feels °C (?)1113141314131414141818191615131312151491111109
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