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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm 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 9PM 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 04:00pm April 14). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)--
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
Friday
17
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161616141414151515151514141414141417171717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1461471471471026914511616518812312386861181201181161131071471519792
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
20
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
0
SE
0
SW
5
W
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
0
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
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
5:10AM
0.26
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise------6:33-------6:31-------6:31-
Sunset-7:40-------7:42-------7:43------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161712998914181914121310915191915111091017
Feels °C (?)1313977691316151111128611121210886714
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