Santa Cruz Harbour Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.96° N 122.00° W)

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Santa Cruz Harbour surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 06 Sep 2025 PDT

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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 16.5° C
(Which is 1.5°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 1AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	13s
Afternoon (07 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	13s
Evening (07 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	12s

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

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	Sat 06		Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	20	19	11	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	280	268	229	194	223	240	229	216	201	150	171	136	262	293	265	342	296	319	284	377	386	335	372	386
Wind (km/h)	SSW	E	NE	NE	NE	SW	WSW	WSW	W	E	E	NNE	NNE	SSW	SW	W	NW	NE	NNE	NE	N	SW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:01PM 1.66					11:22AM 1.43			10:50PM 1.61					11:47AM 1.51				11:41PM 1.53				12:15PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)				4:32AM -0.11				4:42PM 0.42					5:04AM -0.02				5:25PM 0.27				5:36AM 0.13

	Sat 06		Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	15	16	21	23	23	19	16	16	16	16	21	23	24	20	17	17	16	17	21	23	22
Feels °C (?)	16	15	14	14	16	21	23	22	20	17	17	18	18	21	22	23	20	18	19	17	18	21	21	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Santa Cruz Harbour (calm at Santa Cruz 2 km from Santa Cruz Harbour). 0.5m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 16 minutes ago Santa Cruz Harbour

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