Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 23 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
13.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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 8AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
WNW
0.6
SSW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)988810101110101010181818181818171616101689
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)316267235212340316759523460182185154209209207273204197179175261171327671
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
10
NE
10
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
N
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
W
10
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:29AM
1.72
3:50PM
1.08
2:18AM
1.70
5:43PM
1.09
3:20AM
1.65
7:21PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
-0.12
7:36PM
0.88
9:35AM
-0.09
8:48PM
1.00
10:56AM
-0.07
10:52PM
1.03
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--7:07-------7:05-------7:03-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:22-------7:23--
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)
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Temp. °C141415212423191716151622252420171514141821211612
Feels °C (?)12121318222116141312131922201714121213171917129
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