Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 06 Mar 2026 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.0°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 11AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (06 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (06 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)10111111111110101010101010991010109913131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1239106095475968512771230581559490402346269133154192192188180176195183500412
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NW
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
0
NE
10
WNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
W
0
NNW
0
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscrossglassoffoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54PM
1.48
12:21PM
1.18
12:17AM
1.48
1:13PM
1.06
12:42AM
1.48
2:23PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:03AM
0.21
5:49PM
0.46
6:46AM
0.22
6:14PM
0.66
7:34AM
0.24
6:30PM
0.83
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise--6:31-------6:31-------6:28-----
Sunset-----6:06-------6:07-------6:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C12109141619161413121116202117151514141820191714
Feels °C (?)10761113161311109813181715131312121718171714
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