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Sunset State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 12 Mar 2026 PDT
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Sunset State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sunset State Beach sea temperature is
13.9° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sunset State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset State Beach at 3AM is: 0.7m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (13 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (13 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

Table - waves today at Sunset State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.3
WNW
0.6
S
1.4
WNW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)18171716161681677888888788820202020
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)300297287260251251217186183284335224219219224306297224183152301304307311
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
N
10
W
5
W
0
N
5
NNW
0
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassonglassglassglassglassglassglassglassononglassglassglassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:11PM
1.49
6:33AM
1.83
9:30PM
1.54
7:29AM
1.90
9:48PM
1.60
8:18AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
1.39
2:19PM
0.47
1:41AM
1.31
2:55PM
0.41
2:29AM
1.21
3:28PM
0.37
Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise----7:20-------7:20-------7:18---
Sunset-------7:12-------7:13-------7:14
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181614131317191814131210101518191513121212192322
Feels °C (?)1715121111161717141211991416181413111111182021
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