Steamer Lane-The Slot surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 07 Sep 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
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 Slot today?

The current surf forecast for Steamer Lane-The Slot at 1PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (07 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (07 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wed
10
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313121213121212111118181818171616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)249289233241215242226206344298324385405436364402422311352360389415387393
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
SW
15
WSW
15
W
5
WNW
5
NE
0
NNE
0
NW
0
NW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
0
NNW
0
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
SSW
15
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:22AM
1.43
10:50PM
1.61
11:47AM
1.51
11:41PM
1.53
12:15PM
1.61
12:36AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:42PM
0.42
5:04AM
-0.02
5:25PM
0.27
5:36AM
0.13
6:11PM
0.14
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wed
10
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------
Sunset---7:28-------7:25-------7:24----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C162022222017161617202122191817171720212118161616
Feels °C (?)162022212119171719202021192018181821201917161616
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Steamer Lane-The Slot (calm at Santa Cruz 2 km from Steamer Lane-The Slot). 0.7m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 7s swell from the W and a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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SSE
Clean
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