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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 08 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
14.5° C
(Which is 2.4°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 2AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)131616161616161616181818181715151516161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)91127127127175179179234274312404491395386239181229412412412412407397299
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
5
ENE
5
ENE
0
ENE
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:58PM
1.46
3:11AM
1.76
7:48PM
1.51
4:25AM
1.72
8:12PM
1.57
5:42AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:53PM
1.44
11:35AM
0.57
10:55PM
1.46
12:32PM
0.55
12:27AM
1.39
1:17PM
0.53
Wed
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise----6:41-------6:41-------6:39---
Sunset-------7:37-------7:37-------7:37
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------11-11--2211212
Temp. °C161414141418191815151414141516151413131213141513
Feels °C (?)171414141417171714151314141413101110111010997
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