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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 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
14.6° C
(Which is 2.5°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 5AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (16 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


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Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.6
SSW
1
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515159999991010101010101610161515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18812312585267398431508519450490419371256256296188200250174169167167165
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
20
N
20
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
10
W
10
WNW
10
N
5
NE
5
NNW
5
N
0
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:56PM
1.50
10:40AM
1.27
10:25PM
1.61
11:37AM
1.27
10:57PM
1.71
12:36PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:09AM
-0.06
4:01PM
0.32
4:50AM
-0.24
4:36PM
0.47
5:34AM
-0.36
Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----6:33-------6:31-------6:30---
Sunset-------7:43-------7:44-------7:45
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141212111014192116121110111619201513121212161818
Feels °C (?)101011981216151098671315171311101011141615
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