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Santa Cruz - 26th Surf Forecast
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Santa Cruz - 26th surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Santa Cruz - 26th today?
The current surf forecast for Santa Cruz - 26th at 5PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Santa Cruz - 26th. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 224 | 284 | 419 | 490 | 436 | 386 | 314 | 272 | 272 | 234 | 212 | 171 | 168 | 148 | 117 | 113 | 100 | 99 | 109 | 85 | 83 | 75 | 113 | 82 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross | cross | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross | cross | cross | glass | cross- off | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:59AM 1.44 | 8:48PM 1.62 | 10:29AM 1.46 | 9:40PM 1.56 | 10:55AM 1.47 | 10:27PM 1.48 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:58PM 0.67 | 3:30AM -0.06 | 3:43PM 0.52 | 4:05AM 0.00 | 4:23PM 0.40 | 4:36AM 0.10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz
Continuing clean conditions at Santa Cruz - 26th (calm at Santa Cruz 1 km from Santa Cruz - 26th). 1.9m 10s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 49 min ago
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