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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 10 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
14.6° C
(Which is 2.5°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 5AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
3
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)1516161616161616161616891010101010101015151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22941241241241240739739228435334858411481832175814641175884701529228222160152
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
S
10
SE
25
S
30
SSW
30
S
30
WNW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
10
W
5
N
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12PM
1.57
5:42AM
1.72
8:29PM
1.64
6:49AM
1.74
8:46PM
1.72
7:49AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
1.39
1:17PM
0.53
1:28AM
1.27
1:55PM
0.52
2:15AM
1.10
2:28PM
0.54
Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----6:39-------6:37-------6:35---
Sunset-------7:37-------7:38-------7:39
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1211111112412232---------
Temp. °C1413131312141614101212121212131411109910141517
Feels °C (?)1111121210101084767778988778121213
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