Swift Street surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 21 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
13.8° 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 5PM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (21 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (21 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
4
4
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.9
NW
2
WNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.6
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)9998101010101010101010109999101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20731337852273213371203651603516490480421817668293286300320340310562178182
Wind
(km/h)
0
S
5
W
5
W
10
NW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NW
5
NNE
5
W
5
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffglasscross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
1.24
12:48AM
1.69
2:24PM
1.15
1:29AM
1.72
3:50PM
1.08
2:18AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:34AM
-0.09
6:16PM
0.53
7:25AM
-0.12
6:52PM
0.71
8:25AM
-0.12
7:36PM
0.88
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise7:09-------7:09-------7:07-------
Sunset---7:20-------7:21-------7:22----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151922201715131212182219151514131419222219161615
Feels °C (?)151921191613121110172119151412111216201916131312
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