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4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 08 Jan 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
14.5° 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 8PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (08 Jan)8ft (2.4m)16s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)171616161616151515151414141413131313131414131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3811358731572801255522141804149113101091943822668561408331269192147207265284408423
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
SE
5
WSW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffcrossglassoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45PM
1.66
3:16AM
1.88
2:57PM
1.46
3:57AM
1.91
4:30PM
1.32
4:37AM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:19PM
0.58
9:41AM
0.99
8:56PM
0.79
10:59AM
0.87
9:35PM
0.97
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-------7:22-------7:22-------7:20
Sunset-5:07-------5:08-------5:09------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131210877791111101010109121415121312111114
Feels °C (?)7654433588777658101391098711
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