Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
14.1° 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 5PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131313121212121212121818161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)881894768590572582498490495495411380300295235228180137132102150258329286
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
WSW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
0
NNE
5
NW
5
N
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
1.70
10:45PM
1.28
7:56AM
1.74
11:11PM
1.29
8:36AM
1.76
11:33PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:52PM
-0.07
2:21AM
1.07
3:26PM
-0.13
2:57AM
1.04
3:56PM
-0.18
3:30AM
1.00
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-7:20-------7:20-------7:18------
Sunset---5:14-------5:15-------5:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151923201716161515172121171615151417202017161615
Feels °C (?)111521191613131212141919151312121114181815131312
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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