Manresa State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 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
14.2° C
(Which is 1.8°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 12PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
!
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3
3
3
3
2
2
3
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.6
SSW
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
NW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.5
WNW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)121712121211111212111199910101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1741901742202201981992142141851883004866448331229763763711555500648437862
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
W
5
SW
5
S
5
SE
0
E
5
WSW
0
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
5
W
0
NW
0
WNW
0
NW
0
NNE
5
ENE
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SSE
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:40PM
2.07
12:19PM
1.79
12:11AM
2.14
1:18PM
1.67
12:48AM
2.17
2:26PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
0.46
5:58PM
0.78
7:00AM
0.37
6:32PM
0.93
7:56AM
0.33
7:09PM
1.08
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise--7:11-------7:09-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:17-------7:19-------7:20--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020272924181616151419212015131110101820181311
Feels °C (?)2018182628231816161414182020151210991719171310
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