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Waddell Creek Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Waddell Creek surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Waddell Creek today?
The current surf forecast for Waddell Creek at 12PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 10s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Waddell Creek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 221 | 370 | 471 | 480 | 436 | 360 | 314 | 314 | 245 | 208 | 204 | 171 | 192 | 192 | 144 | 146 | 100 | 99 | 96 | 85 | 110 | 110 | 103 | 186 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | glass | glass | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:23AM 1.38 | 8:28PM 1.58 | 9:57AM 1.42 | 9:19PM 1.55 | 10:27AM 1.45 | 10:06PM 1.49 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:49PM 0.67 | 3:23AM -0.05 | 3:35PM 0.53 | 3:59AM 0.02 | 4:17PM 0.42 | 4:31AM 0.12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:08 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz
Continuing clean conditions at Waddell Creek (calm at Boulder Creek 15 km from Waddell Creek). 1.8m 10s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 15 min ago
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