Natural Bridges State Beach Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.95° N 122.06° W)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 18 Oct 2025 PDT

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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 15.6° C
(Which is 1.1°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 10PM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	16s
Evening (18 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	16s

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

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	Saturday 18				Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	17	12	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	870	974	1136	796	880	752	687	585	480	434	269	269	215	475	627	1766	1496	1455	1178	824	824	722	429	371
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	ESE	N	NNE	NNE	WSW	WSW	WSW	NE	ENE	NNW	E	NNE	NE	WSW	WSW	SSE	ESE	ESE	ENE	ENE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				9:43PM 1.31				10:03AM 1.54				10:34PM 1.27				10:22AM 1.55					11:23PM 1.24			10:39AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		3:33PM 0.28				3:26AM 0.28				4:10PM 0.15				3:57AM 0.41				4:43PM 0.06				4:26AM 0.56

	Saturday 18				Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	21	18	17	17	17	16	20	21	20	16	15	15	15	15	21	23	21	17	17	16	17	17	19
Feels °C (?)	22	19	18	16	17	16	15	18	19	19	15	15	15	14	13	20	21	19	16	17	15	16	16	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Natural Bridges State Beach (calm at Santa Cruz 1 km from Natural Bridges State Beach). 0.7m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 32 min ago

3 km/h

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Clean

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