Steamer Lane-Middle Peak surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 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
13.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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 3PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 19s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
2
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
0.9
WNW
0.7
NW
0.5
SW
0.9
WNW
0.6
NW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
W
1.6
WNW
2.1
WNW
3
NW
2.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)88101010101010101810101010101010101010791010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2352172983162485234601821081541898771518251436288462566711715961
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NE
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
W
10
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:50PM
1.08
2:18AM
1.70
5:43PM
1.09
3:20AM
1.65
7:21PM
1.16
4:35AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
-0.12
7:36PM
0.88
9:35AM
-0.09
8:48PM
1.00
10:56AM
-0.07
10:52PM
1.03
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise7:07-------7:05-------7:03-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:23----
clear
clear
clear
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. °C142125242017161516222524201715141418212216131110
Feels °C (?)1219232217141312131922201714131213162019131099
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