Steamer Lane-The Point surf break

Steamer Lane-The Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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Steamer Lane-The Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Steamer Lane-The Point sea temperature is
14.5° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Steamer Lane-The Point today?

The current surf forecast for Steamer Lane-The Point at 5PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (08 Jan)8ft (2.4m)16s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)171616161616151515151414141413131313131414131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3811347931572801255522141804149113101091943822668561408273269192147226336284398430
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
5
S
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
N
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:33PM
1.23
3:08AM
1.50
2:43PM
1.03
3:44AM
1.52
4:35PM
0.90
4:21AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
0.23
9:33AM
0.59
8:39PM
0.46
10:46AM
0.48
9:28PM
0.67
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-------7:20-------7:20-------7:20
Sunset-5:07-------5:07-------5:08------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C13139876681213119999111514121211111113
Feels °C (?)874431239118555471212987769
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