4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 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
13.8° C
(Which is 1.7°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 10PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141414141414181813181313161616161619
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)275208205268264192184181179179132132123123128898787127173173127127146
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
10
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
N
0
NE
0
SE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:34PM
1.45
1:29AM
1.90
5:10PM
1.42
2:13AM
1.83
6:57PM
1.46
3:11AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:14PM
1.31
9:24AM
0.53
7:49PM
1.38
10:29AM
0.56
8:55PM
1.44
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:46-------6:43-------6:43-
Sunset-7:35-------7:36-------7:36------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141412111010111518191614141314161819171515141415
Feels °C (?)1010898891213141211121113141415151415141414
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  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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