Manresa State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 31 Jul 2025 PDT
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Manresa State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Manresa State Beach sea temperature is
16.4° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Manresa State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Manresa State Beach at 5PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)--
Afternoon (31 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (31 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

Table - waves today at Manresa State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
31
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)188878816168772020201515151818181818188
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)308235228247249278325325317284315322350317340339362495537525613358357440
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
ENE
0
NNW
0
WNW
0
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
0
NW
0
NW
0
N
0
SSE
10
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
0
NNE
0
NNW
0
NE
0
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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High Tide
/ height (m)
4:10PM
1.86
5:31AM
1.28
4:51PM
1.87
7:29AM
1.28
5:38PM
1.89
9:00AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:32PM
0.82
9:48AM
1.10
12:41AM
0.72
10:32AM
1.22
1:40AM
0.60
Thursday
31
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Sunrise------6:11-------6:13-------6:13-
Sunset--8:15-------8:14-------8:13-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192016131312131820211814131213192021171413121320
Feels °C (?)182017141413141719201915141213181920181514121419
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent on-shore wind 1 km from Manresa State Beach has fallen light (light winds from the SSE at La Selva Beach wx). Waves cleaning up. 1.3m 8s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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Actual: 54 min ago

8 km/h
SSE
Clean
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