Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 30 Mar 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
13.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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 4PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)81212121216151515151515151414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)625957565662575655548484848197918888878787878585
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
SSE
5
E
5
ESE
5
SW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
S
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononglassglassglassoncrossglassglassonglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
1.44
10:26PM
1.45
10:17AM
1.37
10:51PM
1.47
11:07AM
1.30
11:14PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
-0.03
4:07AM
0.21
4:13PM
0.08
4:47AM
0.09
4:45PM
0.22
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise6:56-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:28-------7:29-------7:30----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161818161514151414161615141313121314151513131312
Feels °C (?)15171615151415121315151413121211121213131211119
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  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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