Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 03 Apr 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
14.0° C
(Which is 1.9°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 9AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (03 Apr)7ft (2.1m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
2
NW
2.1
NW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)121212111111111111101010101818181717171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)91580572362452710011008412346260245204200227304300297394351255252254251314
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
WNW
10
W
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
WSW
10
W
0
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
0
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:35PM
1.49
12:43PM
1.16
11:55PM
1.49
1:33PM
1.10
12:18AM
1.49
2:29PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:59AM
-0.03
5:44PM
0.55
6:33AM
-0.03
6:10PM
0.71
7:10AM
0.00
6:32PM
0.86
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:48-----
Sunset-----7:31-------7:31-------7:32--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111010162022181515151621232319171716172121211614
Feels °C (?)977131718161212111218201918151513151918181514
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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