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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 06 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
14.1° C
(Which is 2.0°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 4PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)151515151514141414141414141418181818181313161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)279212212153150203200189136132132132132891541548589879391127127127
Wind
(km/h)
0
ENE
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NE
0
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
SW
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
0
SE
5
E
5
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
0
NNW
5
ESE
0
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
offoffglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:33PM
1.44
1:28AM
1.89
5:10PM
1.42
2:12AM
1.82
6:58PM
1.46
3:11AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:26AM
0.48
7:13PM
1.31
9:23AM
0.53
7:47PM
1.38
10:29AM
0.57
8:53PM
1.44
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise6:46-------6:45-------6:43-------
Sunset---7:34-------7:35-------7:36----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111618181411111010172122171413121318212117151413
Feels °C (?)1115161614101099151919151212111217191816151413
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