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Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 18 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 1.6°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 10AM is: 1.2m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (18 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.8
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.9
WSW
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)161515151414131313131214141313151413131216161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)329286424602565518503423417350190331265176133157341345404344422507582517
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
0
NW
5
NW
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglasscrossoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33PM
1.28
9:14AM
1.76
11:53PM
1.28
9:52AM
1.73
12:14AM
1.30
10:30AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
1.00
4:25PM
-0.21
4:02AM
0.94
4:53PM
-0.21
4:37AM
0.88
5:21PM
-0.18
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---7:18-------7:18-------7:18----
Sunset-----5:16-------5:19-------5:20--
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616182120171615141417202017161514141719201715
Feels °C (?)141312151918141312111115181814131211111517181513
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