Stockton Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
16.5° C
(Which is 1.6°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: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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

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Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)181716161616161615151515151010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222273276273257269251236227224234234218325419490436360320314245208208186
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
0
N
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
N
5
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
0
SSW
5
SSW
0
NW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
0
SSW
5
SE
0
WNW
0
SE
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39PM
1.66
9:26AM
1.41
7:48PM
1.65
9:59AM
1.44
8:48PM
1.62
10:29AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:01AM
-0.07
2:07PM
0.84
2:50AM
-0.08
2:58PM
0.67
3:30AM
-0.06
3:43PM
0.52
Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise----6:50-------6:52-------6:52---
Sunset-------7:13-------7:10-------7:09
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181818192024232217171616161920191615151516192120
Feels °C (?)191918182023232218181717171919181616161617192019
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Stockton Avenue (calm at Santa Cruz 0 km from Stockton Avenue). 0.7m 8s swell from the WNW with a 0.5m 14s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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