4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 08 Sep 2025 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
15.5° 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 8AM is: 0.4m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (08 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)19s
Evening (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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

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Monday
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Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
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Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121211111118181818171616161616151515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)226206342298324385422436364436436329308315412444414423355364375390361357
Wind
(km/h)
0
ENE
0
E
0
E
5
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
0
SSE
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
W
10
SW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
0
NNW
0
ESE
5
SSW
10
W
20
WNW
20
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:40AM
1.97
11:41PM
1.96
12:11PM
2.06
12:38AM
1.82
12:45PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20AM
0.38
5:40PM
0.65
5:53AM
0.52
6:32PM
0.52
6:27AM
0.70
7:29PM
0.44
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Sunrise--6:43-------6:45-------6:46-----
Sunset-----7:27-------7:24-------7:23--
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clear
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cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
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cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161616181920181818181818181817171616161818181716
Feels °C (?)171818191920192020191918171616171717171918161516
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at 4 Mile (calm at Felton 10 km from 4 Mile). 0.7m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 11s groundswell from the WNW and a 0.4m 7s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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