Santa Cruz surf break

Santa Cruz surfForecast / Peniche / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 02 Aug 2025 WEST
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Santa Cruz surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Santa Cruz sea temperature is
17.8° C
(Which is 2.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Santa Cruz today?

The current surf forecast for Santa Cruz at 8PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)--
Afternoon (02 Aug)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (02 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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

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Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Tuesday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
1.1
NNW
0.8
NW
1.1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.1
NNW
Period(s) (?)888899988888888877789888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)444383344349424480440373360321258204206170170167140124113185185210203206
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
0
NNW
5
N
5
NE
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscrossglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:56PM
1.97
10:39AM
2.01
11:18PM
1.93
11:56AM
2.06
12:33AM
2.00
1:00PM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
1.03
4:07AM
1.04
4:59PM
1.07
5:28AM
1.05
6:19PM
0.99
6:38AM
0.96
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Tuesday
05
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:39-------6:39--
Sunset-8:47-------8:46-------8:45------
clearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212017171817232724221919191824272422212120202527
Feels °C (?)212017171816232523211818201925262322212120202627
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Peniche

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Santa Cruz (light winds from the WNW at Ventosa wx 9 km from Santa Cruz). A 1.6m swell from the NNW

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Actual: 53 min ago

8 km/h
WNW
Clean
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