Manresa State Beach Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.94° N 121.87° W)

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Manresa State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 16 Sep 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 17.1° C
(Which is 2.1°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 6AM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	18s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	18s
Evening (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	17s

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

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	Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	9	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	183	244	329	326	307	304	297	277	264	260	260	254	248	236	224	165	221	221	224	159	296	427	436	386
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	ENE	SW	WSW	SW	SSE	ENE	NE	N	NNE	SW	SW	SW	S	SSE	SE	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)				8:32AM 1.59			6:51PM 2.03					9:10AM 1.67			7:53PM 2.05					9:42AM 1.74				8:47PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	1:23AM 0.29				12:55PM 1.28					2:17AM 0.27				2:01PM 1.17				3:02AM 0.28				2:54PM 1.04

	Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	20	27	27	25	19	18	19	19	21	25	25	20	17	16	16	15	15	18	20	18	15	15
Feels °C (?)	19	19	20	26	25	24	20	18	18	18	20	23	24	19	17	17	17	16	15	18	19	17	15	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Manresa State Beach (calm at La Selva Beach wx 1 km from Manresa State Beach). 1.1m 9s swell from the WNW with a 0.5m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 18s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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