Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 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
14.9° C
(Which is 1.3°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 1PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (18 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (18 Nov)4ft (1.2m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Fri
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111101010101010101010101013121299910141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9597576803252752692754182692261922401861373361611272495055611125252529933078
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
0
SE
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
0
NNE
0
NNE
0
NE
5
SE
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
S
5
W
5
SE
5
E
5
NNE
15
NW
20
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
5
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
1.64
10:44PM
1.20
8:51AM
1.66
11:31PM
1.22
9:16AM
1.68
12:17AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:26PM
-0.07
2:55AM
0.85
3:57PM
-0.11
3:25AM
0.97
4:27PM
-0.12
3:52AM
1.05
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Fri
21
Sunrise6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---4:55-------4:55-------4:54----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C101215151212111111121313131212121112141312111110
Feels °C (?)8101412910101111111212121110119111189898
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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