4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 04 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
14.0° 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 7AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)111010101018181817171716161616161515151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)346255245204200227304300297394351255252254251314294283279275275208205268
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
0
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
ENE
5
NE
5
N
5
NNE
5
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53PM
2.05
1:25PM
1.59
12:22AM
2.02
2:22PM
1.51
12:53AM
1.96
3:34PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:54AM
0.40
6:17PM
1.11
7:38AM
0.42
6:45PM
1.21
8:27AM
0.47
7:14PM
1.31
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--6:50-------6:48-------6:47-----
Sunset-----7:32-------7:34-------7:35--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181718212223201818181820212016161413141617171413
Feels °C (?)151415191918161615161618171613141311121313121011
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