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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 22 Jan 2026 PST
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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
14.0° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 9PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 22). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)--
Afternoon (22 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (22 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.4
SW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141317161313131313121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)848454540004400044341716151414141414141414
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
WSW
5
N
0
ESE
5
E
5
E
0
E
0
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
NW
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
W
5
WNW
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		crossglassglassglasscrosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:01PM
1.86
1:37AM
1.81
12:54PM
1.68
2:11AM
1.89
2:03PM
1.49
2:50AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:52PM
0.46
7:24AM
1.03
7:22PM
0.62
8:35AM
0.92
7:56PM
0.79
9:53AM
0.78
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise-------7:16-------7:16-------7:15
Sunset-5:21-------5:22-------5:23------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171715121211101214141111101010131616131212121214
Feels °C (?)161514121110101213131010998121514119991012
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