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Waddell Creek surf break

Waddell Creek surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 14 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
14.1° 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 9AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (14 Jan)4ft (1.2m)17s
Evening (14 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
W
1.3
W
0.9
W
1.2
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)131312121817161615141414141313131313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66963850549749780214341398129310451002894893694572582498490495495411380362295
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
WNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
SSE
0
W
5
ENE
5
E
5
NE
5
NNE
5
ENE
0
N
5
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffglasscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
off		offglassglassglassglasscrossglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
1.58
9:12PM
1.12
7:03AM
1.62
9:48PM
1.17
7:45AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
0.99
2:04PM
-0.04
1:32AM
1.01
2:43PM
-0.12
2:16AM
1.00
3:18PM
-0.18
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---7:22-------7:20-------7:20----
Sunset-----5:14-------5:15-------5:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151415181820171616161619211917161615151720191716
Feels °C (?)121112161518151414141316191816141413131618171514
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