Santa Cruz Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 07:18 AM and sunset is at 04:54 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Wed night. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Mon morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon afternoon, strong winds from the S by Tue night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Thu morning, calm by Fri afternoon). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri morning, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 31 | Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 10:38AM1.69m | 1:41AM1.26m | 11:16AM1.61m | 2:09AM1.29m | 11:59AM1.50m | 2:39AM1.34m | 12:50PM1.35m | 3:12AM1.41m | 1:54PM1.19m | 3:46AM1.50m | 3:19PM1.04m | 4:24AM1.61m | 5:11PM0.96m | 5:06AM1.73m | 7:12PM1.01m | 8:39PM1.14m | 9:43PM1.27m | 7:33AM2.02m | 10:31PM1.36m | 8:26AM2.06m | 11:15PM1.41m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:50PM-0.17m | 5:23AM1.08m | 6:24PM-0.13m | 6:18AM1.04m | 7:00PM-0.06m | 7:29AM0.96m | 7:38PM0.06m | 8:51AM0.83m | 8:20PM0.22m | 10:11AM0.63m | 9:07PM0.41m | 11:19AM0.39m | 10:04PM0.61m | 12:19PM0.13m | 11:09PM0.78m | 1:13PM-0.10m | 00:16AM0.91m | 2:04PM-0.30m | 1:21AM1.00m | 2:53PM-0.43m | 2:20AM1.00m | 3:41PM-0.50m | 3:15AM0.97m | |||||||||||||
W 10 | W 9 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 12 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SW 9 | SSW 8 | SW 10 | SW 11 | W 13 | W 12 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | NW 10 | NW 9 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | WNW 14 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | W 12 | W 12 | W 11 | W 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | |
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some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | heavy rain | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | light rain | mod rain | risk tstorm | rain shwrs | light rain | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | 3 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 |
Moonrise | 9:33 | — | — | 10:05 | — | — | 10:34 | — | — | 10:59 | — | — | 11:24 | — | — | 11:49 | — | — | 12:16 | — | — | 12:47 | — | — | 1:24 | — | — | 2:10 | — | — | — | 3:08 | — | — | 4:16 | — |
Moonset | — | 7:26 | — | — | 8:31 | — | — | — | 9:35 | — | — | 10:39 | — | — | 11:44 | — | — | — | 12:51 | — | — | 2:01 | — | — | 3:15 | — | — | 4:32 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — |
 | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — |
 | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:02 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Santa Cruz is 14.4° C (Statistics for 22 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 12.6 max: 14.9 min: 11.0°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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