4 Mile surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 20 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
13.8° C
(Which is 1.6°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: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
1
0
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.8
W
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
S
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121111111010108799991414141613
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)454715692609522486462834230206418386327119125295274225177204210207251563
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
SSW
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
10
N
10
W
20
WNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrossononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:07AM
2.26
4:04PM
1.56
2:05AM
2.15
5:23PM
1.59
3:16AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:50AM
0.11
7:56PM
1.33
9:56AM
0.18
9:22PM
1.37
11:04AM
0.26
Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise----6:26-------6:24-------6:24---
Sunset-------7:47-------7:49-------7:50
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
655222211---------------
Temp. °C131212131314131312121212121314141312111011141516
Feels °C (?)1211911101098910101191012121110979111111
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