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Shacks surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 16 Dec 2025 PSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Shacks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Shacks sea temperature is
14.3° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Shacks today?
The current surf forecast for Shacks at 12AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm December 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (PST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Dec) | 5ft (1.6m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (17 Dec) | 5ft (1.6m) | 12s |
| Evening (17 Dec) | 5ft (1.5m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Shacks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 942 | 942 | 933 | 819 | 819 | 726 | 714 | 617 | 690 | 604 | 596 | 529 | 441 | 342 | 291 | 408 | 363 | 306 | 260 | 141 | 182 | 281 | 400 | 385 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- off | glass | glass | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- off | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:33PM 1.48 | 7:48AM 2.13 | 10:17PM 1.51 | 8:23AM 2.16 | 10:57PM 1.53 | 8:58AM 2.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:33AM 1.23 | 3:22PM 0.26 | 2:12AM 1.27 | 3:58PM 0.20 | 2:50AM 1.29 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:53 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
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