Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 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
13.8° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (02 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
3
NW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1313131367111111121212121111111111111010101018
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8787858567116724940940200493184471161352710651087404346255245240200227
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
10
N
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
WNW
10
W
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
10
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:14PM
1.48
11:55AM
1.23
11:35PM
1.49
12:43PM
1.16
11:55PM
1.49
1:33PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:23AM
0.01
5:15PM
0.38
5:59AM
-0.03
5:44PM
0.55
6:33AM
-0.03
Wed
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise----6:52-------6:50-------6:50---
Sunset-------7:30-------7:31-------7:31
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C1413131210141616121010991620211714141415212423
Feels °C (?)14121196101010778661216171511111011182119
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