Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 PDT
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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
16.5° C
(Which is 1.5°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 3AM is: 0.6m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Afternoon (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (16 Sep)2ft (0.6m)18s

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

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Mon
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)9101918181818181817161616161616151515151591010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)308504432489497480471447346377360351330398371338364423410398424486638700
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSE
5
E
5
NE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
0
NNE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
0
S
0
SE
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:21PM
1.69
8:49AM
1.35
6:39PM
1.66
9:26AM
1.41
7:48PM
1.65
9:59AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
-0.03
1:06PM
0.99
2:01AM
-0.07
2:07PM
0.84
2:50AM
-0.08
2:58PM
0.67
Mon
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:52---
Sunset-------7:14-------7:13-------7:10
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819192025262520202020212424221716161515182019
Feels °C (?)191819192024242420202019202323211717171516182018
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Swift Street (calm at Santa Cruz 0 km from Swift Street). 1.1m 9s swell from the WNW with a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SW and a 0.4m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 42 min ago

0 km/h
SE
Clean
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