Steamer Lane-The Slot surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 27 Oct 2025 PDT
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Steamer Lane-The Slot surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Steamer Lane-The Slot sea temperature is
15.8° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


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

The current surf forecast for Steamer Lane-The Slot at 6PM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)--
Afternoon (27 Oct)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (27 Oct)8ft (2.4m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
4
4
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.9
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212121212888989101211111413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16249641580748713623541550483961111194517014511614420824979912991362122025712243
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39PM
1.48
2:40PM
1.41
7:30AM
1.23
3:53PM
1.33
7:31AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:16PM
0.14
10:23PM
0.15
11:39AM
1.12
11:26PM
0.14
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Sunrise------7:26-------7:28-------7:28-
Sunset-6:15-------6:15-------6:14------
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C171915141415152023252019181818232626211918161518
Feels °C (?)161713121112111720221716151414202323191817151417
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