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Shacks surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 31 Aug 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Shacks today?
The current surf forecast for Shacks at 4AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (01 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
| Evening (01 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Shacks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Sun 31 | Monday 01 | Tuesday 02 | Wednesday 03 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 453 | 609 | 713 | 721 | 677 | 563 | 467 | 468 | 439 | 552 | 423 | 519 | 504 | 415 | 479 | 611 | 413 | 320 | 440 | 412 | 418 | 490 | 431 | 481 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | glass | glass | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:03AM 1.41 | 5:46PM 1.86 | 9:27AM 1.46 | 6:46PM 1.92 | 9:47AM 1.52 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:00AM 0.59 | 11:06AM 1.39 | 1:53AM 0.50 | 12:37PM 1.38 | 2:36AM 0.40 | 1:39PM 1.32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sun 31 | Monday 01 | Tuesday 02 | Wednesday 03 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:34 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz
Continuing clean conditions at Shacks (calm at Felton 10 km from Shacks). 1.5m 6s windswell from the NW with a 0.7m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW and a 0.5m 11s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
Actual: 58 min ago
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