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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 02 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
13.9° C
(Which is 1.8°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: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 2.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)--
Afternoon (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212131318192019191818181818171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3937232823373839394244616667117114159155160154152287347255
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NW
5
W
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
10
SW
10
WSW
0
SSE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:45AM
1.76
11:26PM
2.06
12:33PM
1.68
11:53PM
2.05
1:24PM
1.59
12:21AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
0.84
6:12AM
0.42
5:47PM
0.98
6:53AM
0.41
6:16PM
1.11
7:37AM
0.43
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------6:50-------6:48-------6:48-
Sunset-7:30-------7:30-------7:31------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C17181310109101721221714141415222424181616161721
Feels °C (?)1213988671418191511101011192121171414141519
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