Steamer Lane-The Point surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 08 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
14.0° C
(Which is 1.7°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 8AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (08 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
3
NW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2.5
NW
2
WNW
3
NW
1.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)101099912121210101010101010101010111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)196221236231168213199491284586678761692778904173090293797489216308261648725
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
E
5
WSW
10
W
5
NW
0
NE
5
NNW
0
NNW
5
NNE
0
W
10
W
10
WNW
0
NNW
5
NNE
5
W
0
SE
0
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
1.48
3:23PM
0.97
2:14AM
1.47
2:55AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.24
7:30PM
0.83
9:33AM
0.28
10:46AM
0.29
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise--7:28-------7:28-------7:26-----
Sunset-----7:07-------7:08-------7:09--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515192121161514131216191914121111111315151212
Feels °C (?)141312171919161514131116171814121111111213141011
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