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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 14 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
14.8° C
(Which is 2.6°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 2PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 14). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)141416161616161614141415151515151414141414141717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)158149146147147147102691451161651881231238686118120118116113107147151
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNE
5
SW
15
WSW
20
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
0
W
5
SW
5
W
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
1.78
9:26PM
1.96
9:39AM
1.79
9:51PM
2.09
10:34AM
1.78
10:21PM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01PM
0.59
3:41AM
0.67
3:34PM
0.67
4:24AM
0.45
4:08PM
0.78
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
Sunrise6:35-------6:33-------6:31-------
Sunset---7:40-------7:42-------7:43----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C11141717129889141819141213991519191310109
Feels °C (?)1113141297668131615111111651012128787
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