Steamer Lane-The Point Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.95° N 122.03° W)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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 16.5° C
(Which is 1.5°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 6PM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	18s
Evening (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	17s

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

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	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	326	322	222	273	276	273	257	269	251	236	227	224	234	234	222	325	471	480	436	360	360	314	308	245
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	SE	E	NE	NNW	NNE	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SE	W	S	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	S	SSE	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			6:39PM 1.66					9:26AM 1.41			7:48PM 1.65					9:59AM 1.44				8:48PM 1.62				10:29AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	1:06PM 0.99					2:01AM -0.07				2:07PM 0.84				2:50AM -0.08				2:58PM 0.67				3:30AM -0.06

	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	18	19	19	19	21	24	23	21	17	16	16	16	16	19	21	19	17	16	15	16	16	19
Feels °C (?)	22	22	19	20	19	18	21	23	22	21	18	17	17	17	17	19	21	18	18	17	16	17	17	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Steamer Lane-The Point (calm at Santa Cruz 2 km from Steamer Lane-The Point). 0.9m 9s swell from the WNW with a 0.5m 17s long period groundswell from the S and a 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
46 minutes ago Steamer Lane-The Point

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Actual: 46 min ago

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