Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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
15.8° 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 4AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (17 Oct)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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

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Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)151515151515141418202018181716161616151514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1691671672221671671451041211292163374546278709741136796726610687585480434
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
E
0
ENE
5
NE
0
W
10
W
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffoffglassononglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:43PM
1.40
9:13AM
1.50
8:47PM
1.36
9:40AM
1.52
9:43PM
1.31
10:03AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:13AM
0.10
2:52PM
0.44
2:52AM
0.17
3:33PM
0.28
3:26AM
0.28
4:10PM
0.15
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----7:16-------7:18-------7:18---
Sunset-------6:29-------6:27-------6:25
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. °C151414141419212118171717172023201817161616192121
Feels °C (?)141313121217181918161515151921181716151514181820
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Swift Street (calm at Santa Cruz 0 km from Swift Street). 1.0m 6s windswell from the WNW with a 0.6m 15s groundswell, also from the WNW and a 0.3m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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