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4 Mile Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
14.3° 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 12PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (17 Apr) | 5ft (1.6m) | 10s |
| Evening (17 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at 4 Mile. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 480 | 419 | 296 | 256 | 459 | 314 | 188 | 341 | 250 | 174 | 169 | 167 | 167 | 165 | 163 | 163 | 158 | 152 | 149 | 149 | 145 | 141 | 139 | 139 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | off | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | on | on | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 11:31AM 1.74 | 10:55PM 2.30 | 12:30PM 1.69 | 11:33PM 2.34 | 1:34PM 1.63 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:11AM 0.25 | 4:44PM 0.90 | 5:59AM 0.12 | 5:23PM 1.03 | 6:51AM 0.06 | 6:05PM 1.15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:45 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
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