Waddell Creek surf break

Waddell Creek surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 03 Apr 2026 PDT
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Waddell Creek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waddell Creek sea temperature is
13.7° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waddell Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Waddell Creek at 5AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

Table - waves today at Waddell Creek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Fri
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)111111101010101818181717171616161616151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)419352346255245204200227304300297394351255252254251314294283279275275208
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
5
E
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
0
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
N
5
NE
5
W
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42PM
1.51
1:09PM
1.11
12:07AM
1.48
2:02PM
1.04
12:37AM
1.44
3:03PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:46PM
0.53
6:35AM
-0.06
6:19PM
0.68
7:14AM
-0.06
6:53PM
0.80
7:56AM
-0.02
Fri
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise----6:50-------6:48-------6:48---
Sunset-------7:34-------7:34-------7:35
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181617171721232220191817182121201616141314171715
Feels °C (?)141314141419191716161615161917161213131112141210
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