4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 01 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
13.5° C
(Which is 1.4°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 6AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 01). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (02 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
!
4
3
3
3
2
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
3
NW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1313131367111111121212121111111111111010101018
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8787858567116724940940200493184471161352710651087404346255245240200227
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
SW
20
WNW
20
NNW
20
N
25
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
25
NNW
15
NNW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
N
10
W
15
WNW
15
NNW
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
SE
10
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
2.04
11:45AM
1.77
11:27PM
2.06
12:34PM
1.68
11:53PM
2.05
1:25PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
0.47
5:20PM
0.84
6:13AM
0.42
5:48PM
0.98
6:54AM
0.40
Wed
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:50---
Sunset-------7:30-------7:31-------7:32
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C141313111013141411101010101518201715151516202223
Feels °C (?)14121076766568871314151313121213181919
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