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Stockton Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 11 Jan 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
14.2° 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 1PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 20s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)20s
Evening (11 Jan)5ft (1.5m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.9
WNW
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)131212201818171716161616161514141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33536835063411361646218729452541226520361822177616191554151212801049905905787775669638
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:21AM
1.55
7:18PM
0.94
5:02AM
1.58
8:47PM
1.07
5:44AM
1.62
9:38PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
0.34
10:31PM
0.85
12:48PM
0.22
11:41PM
0.98
1:34PM
0.11
12:44AM
1.05
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise-7:20-------7:20-------7:20------
Sunset---5:09-------5:10-------5:12----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111317161413121211131717141413131315191816151413
Feels °C (?)79141310988710151511119991117161312119
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