Stockton Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 02 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
13.8° 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 6PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (02 Apr)6ft (1.9m)11s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
0
2
4
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
1
NW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
NW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)13911111112121212111111111111101010101818181717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)841486138948941893915805711613527508533404346255245240200227304300297394
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
10
N
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
WSW
10
W
0
NNW
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55AM
1.23
11:35PM
1.49
12:43PM
1.16
11:55PM
1.49
1:33PM
1.10
12:18AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:23AM
0.01
5:15PM
0.38
5:59AM
-0.03
5:44PM
0.55
6:33AM
-0.03
6:10PM
0.71
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise6:52-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:31-------7:31----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111417171311111010162022171515141521232420171717
Feels °C (?)810111188977131618151212101118202019161414
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