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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 20 Jan 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
14.2° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 6AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
1
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)141313121616161514141413131313131312121212121614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)329280404339422612590517932919905704673573573483461347341284228274239206
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
0
WSW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
E
5
E
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSE
5
NE
0
N
0
ENE
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
N
0
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglassglassglassglasscross-
off		glassglassglassglassoncross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
1.30
10:30AM
1.66
12:36AM
1.33
11:10AM
1.56
1:01AM
1.39
11:54AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:37AM
0.88
5:21PM
-0.18
5:17AM
0.80
5:49PM
-0.09
6:05AM
0.72
6:19PM
0.05
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise---7:18-------7:18-------7:16----
Sunset-----5:20-------5:21-------5:22--
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part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414161918171615151515161514141313131416161513
Feels °C (?)111111141817151513131314151413131212121315141312
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