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4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast 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
13.3° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 5AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
2
3
3
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
2.2
NW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)151414141414141212121212121212111112111111898
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222165160156152147145169174174174174220220322289300383363282185687440481
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
0
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
30
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:13PM
1.98
11:28AM
1.90
11:41PM
2.08
12:20PM
1.80
12:13AM
2.15
1:19PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:23AM
0.59
5:28PM
0.62
6:10AM
0.46
5:59PM
0.77
7:01AM
0.36
Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise----7:13-------7:11-------7:11---
Sunset-------7:19-------7:20-------7:21
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232021212124282825212121212424221916151513181918
Feels °C (?)232120202023252524212020212422191716131311151413
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