Pleasure Point-First Peak surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 PDT
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Pleasure Point-First Peak surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pleasure Point-First Peak sea temperature is
14.9° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pleasure Point-First Peak today?

The current surf forecast for Pleasure Point-First Peak at 8PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)--
Afternoon (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

Table - waves today at Pleasure Point-First Peak. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)141515151515141414141414171717171313161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16514212312386861181201181161131071471519793706986191188174169123
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
NW
15
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
W
5
WSW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
E
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglasscrossglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:51PM
2.09
10:34AM
1.78
10:21PM
2.21
11:30AM
1.74
10:54PM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:34PM
0.67
4:24AM
0.45
4:08PM
0.78
5:10AM
0.26
4:44PM
0.90
5:58AM
0.13
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise------6:31-------6:31-------6:30-
Sunset-7:42-------7:43-------7:44------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C18191411121010151921141211911171920151212121217
Feels °C (?)16161191188131715109867141518131010101115
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