2222 Beach

Santa Cruz, United States

Right now

Conditions at 3:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time.

Good

Waist-high (1 m) at 6 s, heading toward ESE, with moderate cross-offshore wind toward E.

Swell

1 m

ESE

6 s

Wind

16 km/h

E

Cross-offshore

Tide

2 m

Rising

Weather

21 °C

Clear

17 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Good

0.6 m · 10 s

NE

2 km/h · 3 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

0.8 m

Overcast · 14 °C

1 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 7 s

E

1 km/h · 3 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

0.9 m

Overcast · 15 °C

2 AM

Fair

0.9 m · 5 s

ESE

7 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1 m

Overcast · 15 °C

3 AM

Good

0.9 m · 5 s

ESE

2 km/h · 3 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.2 m

Overcast · 15 °C

4 AM

Good

0.9 m · 5 s

ESE

4 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.4 m

Overcast · 15 °C

5 AM

Good

1 m · 5 s

ESE

6 km/h · 6 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 15 °C

6 AM

Good

1 m · 5 s

ESE

3 km/h · 6 km/h gusts

WSW

Cross-shore

1.6 m

Overcast · 14 °C

7 AM

Fair

1 m · 6 s

ESE

6 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

1.7 m

Overcast · 15 °C

8 AM

Good

1.1 m · 6 s

ESE

4 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

WSW

Cross-shore

1.7 m

Overcast · 15 °C

9 AM

Good

1.1 m · 6 s

ESE

1 km/h · 1 km/h gusts

NW

Onshore

1.7 m

Fog · 15 °C

10 AM

Good

1.1 m · 6 s

ESE

4 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 15 °C

11 AM

Fair

1.1 m · 6 s

ESE

7 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1.6 m

Fog · 16 °C

12 PM

Fair

1.1 m · 6 s

ESE

9 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.7 m

Fog · 17 °C

1 PM

Poor

1.1 m · 6 s

ESE

14 km/h · 16 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

1.8 m

Overcast · 17 °C

2 PM

Good

1.1 m · 6 s

ESE

17 km/h · 20 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.9 m

Partly cloudy · 19 °C

3 PM

Good

1 m · 6 s

ESE

16 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

2 m

Clear · 21 °C

4 PM

Good

1 m · 6 s

ESE

11 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

2 m

Clear · 21 °C

5 PM

Good

1 m · 6 s

ESE

5 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

2.1 m

Clear · 21 °C

6 PM

Good

1 m · 6 s

ESE

3 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

2 m

Mostly clear · 20 °C

7 PM

Good

1.1 m · 6 s

ESE

2 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

WSW

Cross-shore

1.9 m

Partly cloudy · 18 °C

8 PM

Good

1.1 m · 5 s

ESE

4 km/h · 16 km/h gusts

WSW

Cross-shore

1.7 m

Overcast · 16 °C

9 PM

Good

1.1 m · 5 s

ESE

3 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

1.4 m

Overcast · 15 °C

10 PM

Good

1.1 m · 5 s

ESE

4 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

1.2 m

Overcast · 15 °C

11 PM

Good

1.1 m · 5 s

ESE

1 km/h · 3 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

1 m

Fog · 14 °C

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