Stockton Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 18 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
14.1° C
(Which is 1.8°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 12AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)--
Afternoon (19 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (19 Feb)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
3
2
3
0
!
0
0
!
2
!
4
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
3
WNW
3
W
3.5
W
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)1213131212128910101011111111101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2589231821661764141522331389186718252549261521522872124289166650036330724519715312186
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
SSW
20
SSE
15
SE
45
W
30
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
ENE
5
SE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
SE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
1.55
11:39PM
1.42
11:10AM
1.45
12:05AM
1.50
12:00PM
1.33
12:34AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:48PM
-0.06
5:04AM
0.43
5:16PM
0.07
5:50AM
0.32
5:45PM
0.26
6:42AM
0.24
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise------6:52-------6:50-------6:48-
Sunset-5:51-------5:52-------5:52------
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
111-518111---------------
Temp. °C910101088981010998889101010987710
Feels °C (?)567735-102113455787775336
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