Stockton Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 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
14.6° C
(Which is 2.2°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 4AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (05 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s
Evening (05 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
4
3
3
4
2
3
!
4
4
4
3
2
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
2.5
NW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
3
NW
3.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)7788910101010101011111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24437243481347463813079432106226012211194103090482214571313581634548402346275231
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
1.47
11:33AM
1.31
11:54PM
1.48
12:21PM
1.18
12:17AM
1.48
1:13PM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51PM
0.07
5:22AM
0.24
5:21PM
0.26
6:03AM
0.21
5:49PM
0.46
6:46AM
0.22
Wed
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise----6:33-------6:31-------6:31---
Sunset-------6:05-------6:06-------6:07
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111010991417171211111091416181513121110161920
Feels °C (?)667761113118910861213151211986131617
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