Pleasure Point-First Peak Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.96° N 121.97° W)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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 16.8° C
(Which is 1.9°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: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s
Evening (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s

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

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	Wednesday 17						Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	260	254	248	236	224	165	221	221	224	159	218	111	158	156	103	96	100	92	93	95	96	132	100	100
Wind (km/h)	NNE	SW	SW	S	SSW	S	SE	SE	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	S	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:10AM 1.67			7:54PM 2.05					9:42AM 1.74				8:48PM 2.04				10:10AM 1.80				9:36PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)				2:02PM 1.16				3:02AM 0.28				2:55PM 1.03				3:40AM 0.32				3:41PM 0.91				4:13AM 0.40

	Wednesday 17						Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	25	25	23	16	16	16	15	15	19	21	20	17	16	16	16	16	20	22	21	17	16	16	15
Feels °C (?)	19	24	24	23	16	17	18	16	15	19	20	20	18	16	17	17	17	20	21	20	17	16	17	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Pleasure Point-First Peak (calm at Santa Cruz 1 km from Pleasure Point-First Peak). 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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