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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 10 pm Friday 17 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
14.1° 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 2AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (18 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 15s |
| Evening (18 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at 4 Mile. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 196 | 334 | 250 | 174 | 169 | 167 | 167 | 165 | 163 | 163 | 158 | 152 | 149 | 149 | 145 | 141 | 139 | 139 | 137 | 137 | 154 | 137 | 135 | 213 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:55PM 2.30 | 12:30PM 1.69 | 11:33PM 2.34 | 1:34PM 1.63 | 12:17AM 2.33 | 2:45PM 1.57 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:59AM 0.12 | 5:23PM 1.03 | 6:51AM 0.06 | 6:05PM 1.15 | 7:48AM 0.06 | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:46 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
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