Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 01 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
13.7° C
(Which is 1.5°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: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
4
2
2
2
2
0
0
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.3
NW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
3
NW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
2
NW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1414131313131313131367111111111112121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)97918888878787878785971386518949401970900830711613495517949404
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
15
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
WNW
10
W
5
N
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:07AM
1.30
11:14PM
1.48
11:55AM
1.23
11:35PM
1.49
12:43PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
0.09
4:45PM
0.22
5:23AM
0.01
5:15PM
0.38
5:59AM
-0.03
5:44PM
0.55
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise--6:54-------6:52-------6:50-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:30-------7:31--
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11------1---------------
Temp. °C141414141616141413119141616121010991519201614
Feels °C (?)1313131213131212117691010778661215161412
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