Stockton Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 09 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
14.6° C
(Which is 2.4°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: 0.8m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)16181818181715151516161616161616161616910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23434839949748646920728735841241249949940239735735335334818061885201118181293
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
15
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
S
15
S
25
S
30
S
35
S
30
WSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
1.12
4:09AM
1.29
8:36PM
1.13
5:24AM
1.25
8:40PM
1.16
6:37AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:46PM
1.05
12:02PM
0.13
12:51AM
0.94
12:56PM
0.09
1:37AM
0.77
1:39PM
0.06
Thu
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise----6:41-------6:39-------6:37---
Sunset-------7:37-------7:38-------7:39
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414131315161514131313131415141112121112141414
Feels °C (?)151413121213131011111212101098575479910
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