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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 25 Jan 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
14.0° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 10PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 25). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)--
Afternoon (25 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (25 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.5
W
1
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)15151215151514111111101014131314441099121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222114212121218989887775181835054161539268408457
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
S
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NE
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
SW
5
SSW
5
NE
0
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
N
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrossglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:35PM
1.34
3:37AM
2.04
5:31PM
1.29
4:32AM
2.12
7:15PM
1.35
5:32AM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35PM
0.96
11:12AM
0.61
9:28PM
1.11
12:23PM
0.42
10:40PM
1.21
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise-------7:13-------7:13-------7:13
Sunset-5:24-------5:25-------5:27------
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151514131211111316161413121111131615141413121214
Feels °C (?)12131211108811141412121099101314131412101012
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