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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 06 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
14.0° C
(Which is 1.9°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 6PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)151515151514141414141414141418181318131316161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)279275275208205268264192184181179179179132123123128898787127173173127
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNE
5
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
0
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
20
W
10
WNW
5
NW
0
E
0
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:45PM
1.01
1:20AM
1.45
2:04AM
1.41
3:00AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:51AM
0.05
6:39PM
0.97
8:41AM
0.11
9:43AM
0.16
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise6:47-------6:45-------6:43-------
Sunset---7:34-------7:35-------7:36----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111517171412111011162021181413121318202117161413
Feels °C (?)11141514121110910141717151212111217181815161413
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