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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 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 1.7°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 9AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (07 Jan)3ft (0.9m)19s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111111121201918181717171616161616151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4073663082602182563016579191026137716943481323729312588227120281804149113101091943822
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NE
5
N
10
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
E
0
W
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
1.46
12:37PM
1.45
2:32AM
1.48
1:33PM
1.23
3:08AM
1.50
2:43PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
0.76
7:16PM
0.02
8:18AM
0.69
7:57PM
0.23
9:33AM
0.59
8:39PM
0.46
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---7:20-------7:20-------7:20----
Sunset-----5:07-------5:07-------5:08--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1212111315141110111191013129876681213119
Feels °C (?)1011101110107665468764321491185
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