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Sunset State Beach surf Forecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 28 Mar 2024 PDT
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Sunset State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sunset State Beach sea temperature is 13.9°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 12.3 °C max: 14.1 °C min: 11.1 °C)
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Sunset State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sunset State Beach sea temperature is 13.9°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 12.3 °C max: 14.1 °C min: 11.1 °C)


How big are the waves at Sunset State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset State Beach at 11AM is: 1.9m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)6ft (1.8m)14s
Afternoon (28 Mar)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (28 Mar)8ft (2.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Sunset State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.4
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
Period(s) (?)1414141414141313131313121212121313121212121212121111111111111111101010101011111114141413131312121212121279101010111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)13211496126125222598234821161930172515611217895820976173532643100218817171530100210169078769179711064114111411216972759647532325253388308270229421527439402390378355344278328222199324873154619462371243830033716
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NW
0
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
S
10
SE
10
E
15
E
10
SE
5
SSE
0
SE
5
NE
5
NNE
0
ENE
0
SE
10
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
5
NW
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
0
W
10
W
10
WSW
0
WSW
5
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
SW
10
WSW
0
WSW
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
SSW
0
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
15
W
20
W
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
1.17
1:33AM
1.54
3:18PM
1.10
2:07AM
1.53
4:34PM
1.05
2:51AM
1.50
6:11PM
1.05
3:48AM
1.48
7:35PM
1.11
5:01AM
1.47
8:26PM
1.19
6:20AM
1.48
9:03PM
1.28
7:35AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
0.07
7:05PM
0.68
8:11AM
0.04
7:36PM
0.80
9:01AM
0.03
8:15PM
0.91
10:01AM
0.02
9:17PM
1.00
11:11AM
0.00
10:59PM
1.03
12:22PM
-0.04
12:34AM
0.96
1:25PM
-0.09
1:43AM
0.81
2:19PM
-0.12
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise6:58-------6:56-------6:54-------6:52-------6:52-------6:50-------6:48-------6:47---
Sunset---7:25-------7:27-------7:28-------7:29-------7:30-------7:30-------7:31-------7:32
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Rain (mm)
-1------11382232---11---------------------------------------
Temp. °C11131313111099910101010109881315131110988121212108778141615121110111117191714131213131818161210101010121311
Feels °C (?)1011998987655656655912111087771077864561313131210898151615131210111217161411101098984

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