4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 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
13.7° C
(Which is 1.5°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 4AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (03 Apr)7ft (2.1m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
!
3
3
3
3
2
2
4
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
3
NW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
1.3
WNW
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
Period(s) (?)111212121211111111111110101010181818171717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89420049158447236245049271008412346260245204200227304300297394351255252254
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
0
NW
10
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
0
W
5
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
E
5
NE
5
N
5
NNE
5
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
2.06
12:34PM
1.68
11:53PM
2.05
1:25PM
1.59
12:22AM
2.02
2:22PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
0.84
6:13AM
0.42
5:48PM
0.98
6:54AM
0.40
6:17PM
1.11
7:38AM
0.42
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----6:52-------6:50-------6:48---
Sunset-------7:31-------7:32-------7:34
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111011101015182018151616162022222018171718202019
Feels °C (?)5787813151515131313131819181716151516181615
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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