Santa Cruz - 26th surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 PDT
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Santa Cruz - 26th surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Santa Cruz - 26th sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Santa Cruz - 26th today?

The current surf forecast for Santa Cruz - 26th at 2PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (21 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Santa Cruz - 26th. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
1
W
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.1
NW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.5
SW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)11111099101010101010101099999101111101910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18522334944410111151683590615555461533211312320300258264340375375294182185
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
0
SW
5
SW
0
WNW
5
NNE
5
NNW
0
ENE
0
NE
5
NE
0
W
5
SW
5
S
5
E
5
NE
5
N
5
NW
5
NNE
5
WSW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glasscrossglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassoffglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
1.24
12:48AM
1.69
2:24PM
1.15
1:29AM
1.72
3:50PM
1.08
2:18AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:34AM
-0.09
6:16PM
0.53
7:25AM
-0.12
6:52PM
0.71
8:25AM
-0.12
7:36PM
0.88
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise7:09-------7:07-------7:07-------
Sunset---7:20-------7:21-------7:22----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C152023211715131212192320151513131420232319161514
Feels °C (?)152023211714121110182220151411111218212117141211
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