Sunset State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 19 Jun 2025 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
14.6° C
(Which is 1.7°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 6AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am June 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jun)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (19 Jun)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (19 Jun)7ft (2.1m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)8999999999999888888888891010101099988888888888888881010108888888899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)53856061068288996283380478385886296011379597667557697776475267268478569521024947853712672784702466411365365390338282254265269233233232210197196258235219202288236276305327400444568549
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
0
SW
5
SW
15
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
W
15
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
NW
0
NNE
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
0
NE
5
NE
5
N
0
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
5
WSW
0
NNE
0
WNW
0
SSW
5
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
WNW
0
WNW
0
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
0
S
0
WNW
0
S
5
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassonononononcross-
on
glassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassonononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassononononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.10
6:37PM
1.63
7:29AM
1.05
7:18PM
1.73
8:59AM
1.08
8:02PM
1.83
10:14AM
1.16
8:49PM
1.90
11:17AM
1.24
9:37PM
1.94
12:12PM
1.30
10:27PM
1.95
1:01PM
1.35
11:16PM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
0.49
11:32AM
0.28
1:11AM
0.25
12:26PM
0.46
2:09AM
0.00
1:22PM
0.61
3:03AM
-0.21
2:19PM
0.73
3:54AM
-0.38
3:16PM
0.81
4:44AM
-0.48
4:12PM
0.85
5:32AM
-0.52
5:07PM
0.86
6:19AM
-0.50
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--5:47-------5:48-------5:48-------5:48-------5:48-------5:48-------5:48-------5:48-
Sunset------8:29-------8:29-------8:29-------8:30-------8:30-------8:30-------8:30-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111012172019151199111619191411109121719211711101013181919151110101216171613111111121617161312111012181817131110101217
Feels °C (?)10911141616129781013131399981115161614109812161615141110101214151412111111111415141212111012161615121110101115
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