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Waddell Creek surf break

Waddell Creek surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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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
14.3° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 3AM is: 2.2m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)6ft (1.9m)15s
Afternoon (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Evening (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

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Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151514141414131313131313141313121220
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31572895255522141804149113101091943822668561408273269192147201261361408430403634
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
ENE
5
S
5
W
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
ENE
5
N
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		glassglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		glasscross-
off		glassoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
1.46
2:39PM
0.99
3:28AM
1.48
4:13PM
0.87
4:09AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
0.17
9:20AM
0.53
8:44PM
0.40
10:30AM
0.42
9:35PM
0.62
11:36AM
0.30
Thu
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----7:22-------7:22-------7:22--
Sunset-------5:08-------5:09-------5:10
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C109776911111099991114131212121211141717
Feels °C (?)54332588766658111199997111515
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