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Santa Cruz surfForecast / Nayarit / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 CST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
25.9° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Santa Cruz today?

The current surf forecast for Santa Cruz at 10AM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)19s
Afternoon (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)17s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)172019191817171616161616151515141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55127124180160154146137132183124122116112721076968666335343433
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
0
SSE
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offglassononcross-
on		glassoffglassglassglassononglassglassoffglassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:07AM
1.64
11:11PM
1.42
10:41AM
1.53
11:32PM
1.42
11:12AM
1.39
11:51PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:12AM
0.64
4:47PM
0.17
4:45AM
0.62
5:08PM
0.31
5:18AM
0.62
5:24PM
0.46
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise--7:37-------7:37-------7:35-----
Sunset-----6:51-------6:52-------6:52--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222122262725222121202226262423222121232626252322
Feels °C (?)242324272726252323212327272626242322252727272524
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