Steamer Lane-The Point surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 26 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
13.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10AM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
2
4
4
3
2
2
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
NW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)91010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1177141983277869212751172427378386417409320250208204204204208234272267272261
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
0
NNW
5
NE
5
N
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
E
10
WSW
10
SW
0
SE
5
E
5
E
0
SSE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
NE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassononglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:35AM
1.58
8:14PM
1.24
5:57AM
1.53
8:53PM
1.31
7:16AM
1.51
9:27PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:16PM
-0.08
12:30AM
0.93
1:22PM
-0.11
1:40AM
0.76
2:15PM
-0.12
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise--7:03-------7:01-------7:00-----
Sunset-----7:23-------7:24-------7:25--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111010162021181716161621232216151514141820191515
Feels °C (?)998141719171513131219201915141413131618181514
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