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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 11 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
14.7° 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 2AM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (12 Apr)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (12 Apr)7ft (2.2m)10s

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


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Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.1
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616899101010101010151514141414141414141616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)284353404593792845117511311045873640550228222160152107152156158158149146147
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
0
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SW
10
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
0
NE
5
SW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29PM
1.64
6:49AM
1.74
8:46PM
1.72
7:49AM
1.76
9:04PM
1.83
8:45AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:28AM
1.27
1:55PM
0.52
2:15AM
1.10
2:28PM
0.54
2:58AM
0.89
3:01PM
0.59
Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise----6:37-------6:35-------6:35---
Sunset-------7:38-------7:39-------7:40
heavy rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
112222311----------------
Temp. °C121212111113141312111091014151613109910131616
Feels °C (?)877989991010979121212108779111312
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