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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
13.2° C
(Which is 1.0°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 11AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131312121212121313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)464871706969696969686661595960616262615937284838
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ESE
5
E
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
0
W
10
W
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
NW
5
SW
0
WSW
10
W
5
NW
0
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonglasscross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:23AM
1.98
9:13PM
1.78
8:25AM
1.98
9:42PM
1.86
9:19AM
1.95
10:10PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:37AM
1.18
2:30PM
0.31
2:36AM
1.02
3:11PM
0.36
3:26AM
0.86
3:47PM
0.45
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise--7:00-------6:58-------6:56-----
Sunset-----7:25-------7:27-------7:28--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151314192019151516161723252519171615151820191614
Feels °C (?)141113171818141314141522222318151412131619171513
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