Pleasure Point-Insides Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Santa Cruz, USA)

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Pleasure Point-Insides Surf Guide

Pleasure Point-Insides in Santa Cruz is a fairly exposed reef break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the northwest. Clean groundswells prevail and the ideal swell angle is from the southwest. A right hand reef break. Best around low tide when the tide is rising. Likely to be crowded if working. Beware of sharks ,rocks and rips.

Pleasure Point-Insides Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Reef	3	fairly consistent	14.2°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Pleasure Point-Insides:

The best conditions reported for surf at Pleasure Point-Insides occur when a South-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northwest.

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What's the best time of year to surf Pleasure Point-Insides (for consistent clean waves)?

juneBest Season: summer

The best time of year for surfing Pleasure Point-Insides with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Summer and most often the month of June. Clean surfable waves are typically found 4% of the time in June while 0% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 96% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

96%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Pleasure Point-Insides Location Map

Interactive Pleasure Point-Insides surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Pleasure Point-Insides is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 44 km (27 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Pleasure Point-Insides is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ), also in USA, 51 km (32 miles) away.

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Pleasure Point-Insides Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Monday, 4 May 2026, 16:11 Local Time

m, °C	Monday 04
ft, °F	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Wave (m)	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off

What does Pleasure Point-Insides look like?

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Credit: slc

Tides at Pleasure Point-Insides

Current tide and informaton

For Live Oak, 3 km from Pleasure Point-Insides.

Next High Water: 12:16am | 2.0m

Next Low Water: 06:13pm | 1.33m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Pleasure Point-Insides Sea Temperature

The water temperature (14.2 °C) at Pleasure Point-Insides is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (15.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 14.2°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite