Santa Cruz Surf

Detailed Santa Cruz surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Santa Cruz. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Santa Cruz. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Santa Cruz over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Santa Cruz and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Santa Cruz Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Santa Cruz Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Santa Cruz coastline are also listed below.

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	Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Asilomar CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	18	16	15	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	15	14	14	14	13	12	11	11
Energy(?)	572	340	557	1000	1066	1326	761	776	572	512	804	450	520	957	661	670	822	619	467	337	225	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:00AM 1.59	10:28AM 2.13		12:29AM 1.64	11:10AM 1.56		1:01AM 1.39	11:54AM 1.43		1:28AM 1.78	12:44PM 1.66		2:02AM 1.86		1:52PM 1.47	2:41AM 1.94		3:41PM 0.89	3:24AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		5:14PM 0.17		4:29AM 1.18	5:46PM -0.19		5:17AM 0.80	6:13PM 0.33		6:05AM 0.72	6:43PM 0.46		7:13AM 1.03		7:13PM 0.62	8:26AM 0.93		7:46PM 0.79	9:46AM 0.79		8:07PM 0.66	10:44AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	18	19	19	17	17	16	14	16	15	13	16	15	13	17	18	17	20	20	16	17
Low °C	20	17	17	19	17	16	16	15	14	15	14	12	14	14	12	15	17	16	19	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	21	20	18	19	19	17	17	16	14	16	15	13	16	15	12	17	18	17	20	20	16	17
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	5:17	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	14	12	11	15	13	13	12	12	12	8	9	9	11	14	14	14	13	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	4	12	13	18	16	14	16	16	13	16	16	14	13	13	15	8	7	7	7	15	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	13	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	605	611	637	572	508	457	334	502	562	642	1093	1000	1009	1066	1205	1097	1128	1348	1323	1100	775	776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:31PM 1.56			9:50AM 2.19					12:14AM 1.30				10:28AM 2.13				12:29AM 1.64				11:10AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		3:45AM 1.21					4:53PM -0.21				4:29AM 1.18				5:44PM 0.23				5:17AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	20	19	19	17	17	15	14	17	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	20	19	19	17	17	15	14	17	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	4	4	12	11	12	13	13	18	18	18	16	16	11	11	11	15	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	685	693	605	605	602	611	363	628	338	387	565	572	581	541	541	521	449	457	486	425	334	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:31PM 1.56										9:50AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)						3:45AM 1.21	4:02AM 0.94													5:16PM -0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	18	19	14	19	14	14	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	18	19	14	19	13	13	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	4	14	14	4	4	4	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Santa Cruz Surf Breaks

4 Mile

point

41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove)

reef

beach

reef

beach/jetty

point

reef and point

point

beach

beach

reef and point

Natural Bridges State Beach

reef

Pleasure Point-First Peak

reef

Pleasure Point-Insides

reef

Pleasure Point-Second Peak

reef

Pleasure Point-Sewer Peak

reef

Santa Cruz - 26th

beach

Santa Cruz Harbour

beach/jetty

Santa Cruz Rockview Street

reef

Scott Creek-Beach

beach and reef

Scott Creek-Reef

beach and reef

Shacks

reef

Steamer Lane-Middle Peak

reef

Steamer Lane-The Point

reef

Steamer Lane-The Slot

reef

reef

beach

reef

sandbar

beach and reef

Santa Cruz offers a wide variety of breaks and is known as a diverse and friendly place to surf. Reefs, Rivermouths, Beach breaks and Points are all in an abundance on this part of coast. From Waddell Creek to Sunset State Beach swell can batter you from several directions and wrap around to the little coves on the bigger days giving you plenty of options. Santa Cruz is among the most well known surf communities. The water temperature here can get a bit chilly so a 4/3 is needed for a lot of the year. Santa Cruz has produced a high caliber of surfers over the years so expect a certain standard when you head out.

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