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Santa Cruz Harbour surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 24 Jan 2026 PST
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Santa Cruz Harbour surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Santa Cruz Harbour sea temperature is
14.1° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Santa Cruz Harbour today?

The current surf forecast for Santa Cruz Harbour at 11AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 24). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (24 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (24 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)151513121212121212121212151512153153311111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)0016151414141414141414222114212211188867775
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
WSW
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
SW
5
SW
5
NW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		glassonglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01AM
1.54
1:54PM
1.10
2:39AM
1.63
3:29PM
0.97
3:24AM
1.71
5:56PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
0.51
7:26PM
0.44
9:25AM
0.38
8:07PM
0.66
10:44AM
0.22
9:07PM
0.87
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise---7:16-------7:15-------7:13----
Sunset-----5:23-------5:24-------5:25--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C998121616121111101013161515131212111316151312
Feels °C (?)77691413977661014131411101081114131210
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