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Sunset State Beach Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Sunset State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 10 Oct 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Sunset State Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Sunset State Beach at 9AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (10 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 11s |
| Evening (10 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Sunset State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 174 | 192 | 185 | 160 | 154 | 121 | 117 | 143 | 143 | 176 | 214 | 138 | 232 | 325 | 100 | 125 | 386 | 348 | 245 | 216 | 318 | 426 | 439 | 435 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | cross- off | glass | on | on | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:55AM 1.61 | 12:45PM 2.27 | 3:15AM 1.54 | 1:38PM 2.18 | 4:45AM 1.53 | 2:42PM 2.07 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:31AM 1.12 | 8:17PM 0.15 | 7:21AM 1.25 | 9:25PM 0.21 | 8:30AM 1.34 | 10:38PM 0.27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:11 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:35 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz
Continuing clean conditions at Sunset State Beach (calm at La Selva Beach wx 6 km from Sunset State Beach). 1.1m 11s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 h 46 min ago
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