Stockton Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 28 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
14.3° C
(Which is 1.7°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 2AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (01 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)1515151515151514141410101099988888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1842311591571101091091061481561641941862022302202411911571461118610292
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
0
NNW
5
WNW
0
NW
0
NNW
5
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
10
SW
10
W
15
NNW
10
NE
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
0
NE
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
offglassoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41PM
1.39
8:22AM
1.73
10:12PM
1.42
9:14AM
1.67
10:40PM
1.44
10:02AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:26AM
0.67
3:10PM
-0.26
3:14AM
0.52
3:47PM
-0.20
3:58AM
0.39
Sat
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise----6:39-------6:37-------6:35---
Sunset-------6:01-------6:02-------6:04
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161614141315171714131212121416171513121211151718
Feels °C (?)171714151315151412121111111315151312111110151515
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