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Shacks surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 01 Feb 2026 PST
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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
14.1° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Shacks today?

The current surf forecast for Shacks at 9PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 01). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)--
Afternoon (01 Feb)8ft (2.4m)17s
Evening (01 Feb)10ft (3.0m)16s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)181716161616151515141414141313131213121111121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)204245484804488447644590409533843064257822801841160813971087928812740560454377330397274
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
NW
15
N
5
NNE
10
N
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
N
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
1.74
10:05AM
2.32
11:44PM
1.79
10:53AM
2.18
12:18AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:32PM
-0.02
4:03AM
1.02
5:10PM
0.07
4:55AM
0.96
5:46PM
0.21
5:49AM
0.91
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise-------7:09-------7:09-------7:07
Sunset-5:32-------5:34-------5:35------
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201916151413131618211817151514172021191817161619
Feels °C (?)161412131211111515191514131211151718161515141317
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