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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 Thursday 16 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.3°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: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Apr) | 5ft (1.5m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (16 Apr) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 9s |
| Evening (16 Apr) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 9s |
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) (?) | 15 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 125 | 86 | 281 | 389 | 460 | 508 | 519 | 951 | 544 | 457 | 371 | 261 | 296 | 284 | 251 | 408 | 250 | 174 | 169 | 167 | 167 | 165 | 163 | 163 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:35AM 1.78 | 10:21PM 2.21 | 11:31AM 1.74 | 10:55PM 2.30 | 12:30PM 1.69 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:25AM 0.44 | 4:09PM 0.78 | 5:11AM 0.25 | 4:44PM 0.90 | 5:59AM 0.12 | 5:23PM 1.03 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:45 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 12 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 9 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
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