Steamer Lane-Middle Peak surf break

Steamer Lane-Middle Peak surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 17 Jul 2025 PDT
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Steamer Lane-Middle Peak surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Steamer Lane-Middle Peak sea temperature is
14.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Steamer Lane-Middle Peak today?

The current surf forecast for Steamer Lane-Middle Peak at 12PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am July 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (17 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (17 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

Table - waves today at Steamer Lane-Middle Peak. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sun
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.8
NW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010999999959998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)10511185851078383836159751062120175531132706762595873
Wind
(km/h)
0
ENE
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
0
NW
0
NE
5
NNE
0
W
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
ENE
5
NW
0
N
0
ENE
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
WSW
0
NE
0
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24PM
1.64
5:18AM
0.95
5:09PM
1.73
7:31AM
0.97
6:01PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:14AM
0.37
11:16PM
0.32
10:04AM
0.60
12:27AM
0.12
11:11AM
0.80
1:31AM
-0.07
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sun
20
Sunrise6:01-------6:01-------6:03-------
Sunset----8:25-------8:24-------8:24---
part cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131719191713131214182021171313121419202015121111
Feels °C (?)131617171714131215171920171313121418181915121111
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Steamer Lane-Middle Peak (calm at Santa Cruz 2 km from Steamer Lane-Middle Peak). 0.9m 8s swell from the WNW with a 0.5m 13s groundswell from the WSW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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