Stockton Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 20 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
14.1° C
(Which is 2.0°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 3PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
W
1.2
WNW
1.8
W
0.9
WNW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WNW
1.4
W
1.1
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
S
1.4
WNW
0.6
S
1
W
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)13131314131212121212121111117101071518918914
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)137137135229454715692609522486674337792206155176379136111225307225154154
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
W
10
NW
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
WSW
20
WNW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:48PM
1.19
1:02AM
1.76
4:06PM
1.18
1:59AM
1.67
5:27PM
1.20
3:05AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
-0.39
6:43PM
0.89
8:13AM
-0.33
7:48PM
0.98
9:20AM
-0.24
9:27PM
1.00
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise6:26-------6:26-------6:24-------
Sunset---7:46-------7:46-------7:47----
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--113272223111----------
Temp. °C131514151313121313141314121212111113141513111010
Feels °C (?)11129912121111991099999101111119889
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