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Laguna Creek surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 31 Jan 2026 PST
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Laguna Creek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Laguna Creek sea temperature is
14.1° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Laguna Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Laguna Creek at 8PM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 1.5m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)--
Afternoon (31 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (31 Jan)4ft (1.2m)16s

Table - waves today at Laguna Creek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
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4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)121817161615151518171616161615151514141414131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8576307838641106133120271746204245484804488447644590414933843064257822801841160813971087913
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
0
NNE
10
WNW
10
NW
10
ENE
5
N
5
NNE
5
E
5
NE
0
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffglasscrosscrossoffglassglasscross-
off		offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:33PM
1.67
9:16AM
2.40
11:09PM
1.74
10:05AM
2.32
11:44PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:50PM
-0.05
3:09AM
1.10
4:32PM
-0.02
4:03AM
1.02
5:10PM
0.07
4:55AM
0.96
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-------7:11-------7:09-------7:09
Sunset-5:31-------5:32-------5:34------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202018171416141720191514131212151720181616141418
Feels °C (?)171716151114121315141111111010141417151414111116
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