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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 05 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
14.4° C
 (Which is 1.8°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: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (06 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (06 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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Mon
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
3
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111111111111111212019181817171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51461778681474770761753540040736636629230821825630165791910261377169429942818
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
20
ESE
15
E
5
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
5
NW
10
NNE
5
NE
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16AM
1.45
11:46AM
1.67
1:55AM
1.46
12:37PM
1.45
2:32AM
1.48
1:33PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:55PM
-0.34
6:04AM
0.81
6:36PM
-0.18
7:07AM
0.76
7:16PM
0.02
8:18AM
0.69
Mon
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise-----7:20-------7:20-------7:20--
Sunset-------5:06-------5:07-------5:07
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
105----------------------
Temp. °C11111212121316161413121111131514111010108101212
Feels °C (?)97911101115151212109912101087654687
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