Stockton Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 26 Mar 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
13.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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 2PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
4
4
3
2
2
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83277870612751172427353360417389320272208204204204208212216216182182175142
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
0
N
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
ESE
10
SW
10
SW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
0
SE
5
E
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
W
5
ENE
0
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassononglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:14PM
1.24
5:57AM
1.53
8:53PM
1.31
7:16AM
1.51
9:27PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:16PM
-0.08
12:30AM
0.93
1:22PM
-0.11
1:40AM
0.76
2:15PM
-0.12
2:35AM
0.56
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise7:03-------7:01-------7:00-------
Sunset---7:24-------7:24-------7:25----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101620221817171617212322161515141418191914141414
Feels °C (?)81517201614141213192019141314131217171814131312
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