4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 03 Mar 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.1°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 8AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
1
0
!
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.4
NW
1.7
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.1
WNW
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)88877766617715156778891010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)153120111858610671747959315475142261362413356442625128186717971191
Wind
(km/h)
0
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
N
10
N
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25PM
1.86
10:00AM
2.10
10:54PM
1.92
10:46AM
1.97
11:22PM
1.96
11:34AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
0.81
4:34PM
0.36
4:46AM
0.71
5:05PM
0.52
5:32AM
0.65
5:34PM
0.69
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise--6:37-------6:35-------6:33-----
Sunset-----6:04-------6:05-------6:06--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1212121415151412111112141514111110991315151111
Feels °C (?)121011141211119881011974545689968
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