Natural Bridges State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 24 Dec 2025 PST
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Natural Bridges State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Natural Bridges State Beach sea temperature is
14.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Natural Bridges State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Natural Bridges State Beach at 3PM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am December 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Dec)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (24 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (24 Dec)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Sat
27
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2.5
S
3.5
S
4
S
4.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3
W
3.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
WSW
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2
WNW
Period(s) (?)99998891010101010101012111111101413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)114810576906319081621256734842460198319302248266029672402277422582401231267984845349523861236
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WSW
10
SE
30
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
50
S
40
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
45
S
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:59AM
1.50
2:39AM
1.34
12:50PM
1.35
3:12AM
1.41
1:54PM
1.19
3:46AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.04
7:00PM
-0.06
7:29AM
0.96
7:38PM
0.06
8:51AM
0.83
8:20PM
0.22
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Sat
27
Sunrise-7:18-------7:18-------7:18------
Sunset---4:55-------4:57-------4:57----
light rain
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
2--122362222-32111122---
Temp. °C141314151414141413131414151313131213131312121212
Feels °C (?)131212107647778868787788891010
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