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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 21 Feb 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
13.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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 1AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (22 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (22 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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

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Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)667788910101010101010101010101010109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43127165200221282480586539508492479362377325325277271228181153175212378
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSE
15
ESE
20
E
15
E
10
ESE
5
S
5
SW
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
0
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
SSW
0
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
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on
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
1.65
2:15PM
1.05
1:52AM
1.70
4:09PM
0.98
2:45AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:16PM
0.46
7:43AM
0.18
6:51PM
0.67
8:55AM
0.13
7:34PM
0.87
10:18AM
0.07
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----6:48-------6:47-------6:46---
Sunset-------5:54-------5:55-------5:57
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------2
Temp. °C1112109912151514131212121518181615141514141513
Feels °C (?)686459131312111010101417161513111412121413
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