Waddell Creek surf break

Waddell Creek surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 14 Mar 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
13.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waddell Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Waddell Creek at 4AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 20s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)2ft (0.6m)20s
Afternoon (15 Mar)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (15 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NW
1.8
NW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.6
NW
0.6
SSW
1.7
NW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)888820208208191818181818181717171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)229375173173301301363307373280352474469333329322404394394385376346341337
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
10
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
N
5
NE
5
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
0
NE
10
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
1.15
8:01AM
1.43
9:46PM
1.22
8:50AM
1.46
10:11PM
1.29
9:38AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37AM
0.75
3:08PM
-0.08
3:15AM
0.61
3:41PM
-0.09
3:53AM
0.46
4:13PM
-0.05
Sat
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise----7:20-------7:18-------7:16---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:16-------7:16
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131213131419222319181818182224262220191919242625
Feels °C (?)9912111317182016161616162021232018181818242422
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