4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 02 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
14.2° C
(Which is 1.9°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 6PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)--
Afternoon (02 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (02 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.4
WNW
1.6
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
2.4
NW
2
WNW
Period(s) (?)998888877766617715156678889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23022020119115312090858610871746859315458123201332358374805658
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NNE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNE
0
WSW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
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
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:01PM
0.24
4:00AM
0.81
4:34PM
0.36
4:46AM
0.71
5:05PM
0.52
5:32AM
0.65
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise------6:37-------6:35-------6:33-
Sunset-6:02-------6:04-------6:05------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1415141312121214151614121111121415141111109913
Feels °C (?)1313121112101114121211988911108445558
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