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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
14.1° 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 3PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (28 Feb)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
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)16161616151515151515141414141410109999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)132868512416316115915711010910710610397100158154171160189184195157127
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
0
ENE
15
W
5
SSW
0
SE
5
E
0
E
0
NNE
5
NE
5
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
10
SW
10
W
10
NNW
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
2.21
9:24PM
1.71
8:22AM
2.22
9:55PM
1.79
9:12AM
2.18
10:24PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
0.14
2:21AM
1.04
3:24PM
0.16
3:12AM
0.92
4:00PM
0.24
3:59AM
0.81
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:37-------
Sunset---6:00-------6:00-------6:01----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C172222201615141413161717141212111113171714121211
Feels °C (?)162220201716151513161514131112101012151512111110
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