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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 17 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 1.5°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 6AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.3
SSW
0.5
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)141414141414181616131215141413131212121212161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3738404141402272673393472522508453440434292928284782176155
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
N
10
NE
5
NE
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crossglassoffcross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:39PM
1.52
8:44AM
2.20
11:09PM
1.55
9:22AM
2.22
11:39PM
1.58
9:59AM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
1.27
4:17PM
0.17
3:14AM
1.24
4:50PM
0.15
3:56AM
1.22
5:22PM
0.17
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---7:18-------7:18-------7:18----
Sunset-----5:15-------5:16-------5:17--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515172220181717161518222117161514131621201615
Feels °C (?)12121214201916141413111620201513121191319181312
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