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Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 PST
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Swift Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Swift Street sea temperature is
14.8° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swift Street today?

The current surf forecast for Swift Street at 7AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (20 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)10ft (3.0m)14s

Table - waves today at Swift Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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)
1
0
2
2
1
0
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
Period(s) (?)1312129910141414141414141413131314121214141616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)336161158266616528315523212610268624112167196519101255125515351440774762826145421622084
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
NNE
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
W
5
W
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
W
10
WNW
5
N
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offglasscross-
on		glassglassglassoffoffoffglassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
1.22
9:16AM
1.68
12:17AM
1.23
9:44AM
1.68
1:03AM
1.22
10:15AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:25AM
0.97
4:27PM
-0.12
3:52AM
1.05
4:58PM
-0.12
4:14AM
1.12
5:32PM
-0.09
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----4:54-------4:54-------4:53--
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C12111112141412111110912151514131211111417161413
Feels °C (?)119910101199987101313121110881215141211
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