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Stockton Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 13 Feb 2026 PST
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Stockton Avenue surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Stockton Avenue sea temperature is
14.2° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Stockton Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Stockton Avenue at 9AM is: 1.8m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)6ft (1.8m)17s
Afternoon (13 Feb)6ft (1.9m)17s
Evening (13 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)16s

Table - waves today at Stockton Avenue. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)101016171717161616161514141414141414141316151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)274326424192921371992211020582007193113961340132111431127975801790671563119310631045980
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
0
NNE
0
ENE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
WNW
5
N
5
NE
5
N
5
NE
5
E
5
S
10
SSW
10
S
25
SSW
30
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
S
25
SSE
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offglassglassglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46AM
1.61
10:07PM
1.25
7:35AM
1.65
10:23PM
1.26
8:20AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24AM
1.04
2:25PM
-0.03
2:05AM
0.97
2:58PM
-0.11
2:41AM
0.87
3:27PM
-0.16
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise--6:58-------6:58-------6:56-----
Sunset-----5:45-------5:46-------5:47--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
---------------11--1-3217
Temp. °C111110131616131211111113131313131312111213121111
Feels °C (?)1011912151412111010101211119899789777
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