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Natural Bridges State Beach Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Natural Bridges State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
14.5° C
(Which is 2.3°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 3AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (17 Apr) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 10s |
| Evening (17 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Natural Bridges State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 508 | 519 | 480 | 371 | 327 | 256 | 192 | 251 | 188 | 191 | 250 | 174 | 169 | 167 | 167 | 165 | 163 | 163 | 158 | 152 | 149 | 149 | 145 | 141 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:25PM 1.61 | 11:37AM 1.27 | 10:57PM 1.71 | 12:36PM 1.25 | 11:33PM 1.77 | 1:39PM 1.22 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:50AM -0.24 | 4:36PM 0.47 | 5:34AM -0.36 | 5:14PM 0.63 | 6:21AM -0.41 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:45 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
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