Scott Creek-Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 PDT
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Scott Creek-Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Scott Creek-Beach sea temperature is
12.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Scott Creek-Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scott Creek-Beach at 8AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

Table - waves today at Scott Creek-Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
WNW
0.6
SSW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)988810101110101010181818181818171616101689
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)316267235212340316759523460182185154209209207273204197179175261171327671
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
5
E
15
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16AM
1.67
3:31PM
1.04
2:05AM
1.62
5:01PM
1.01
3:08AM
1.55
6:25PM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
-0.17
8:01PM
0.83
9:36AM
-0.14
9:12PM
0.94
10:53AM
-0.12
10:49PM
0.97
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--7:07-------7:07-------7:05-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:23-------7:24--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C12131520242217161616162123221715151314171715109
Feels °C (?)8911161816121112121417161612111210121412954
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