Santa Cruz Sea Conditions and Tide Table

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 — and sunset is at 04:52 PM.

Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 55mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 8–10 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 61mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds.

Days 11–13 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Mon
29
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
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Wave Height Map
High Tide
10:59PM1.25m
8:18AM1.72m
11:38PM1.28m
8:52AM1.74m
00:13AM1.28m
9:26AM1.75m
00:44AM1.27m
10:02AM1.73m
1:13AM1.26m
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
Low Tide
3:10PM-0.10m
2:35AM1.04m
3:42PM-0.14m
3:11AM1.09m
4:14PM-0.17m
3:43AM1.11m
4:46PM-0.18m
4:12AM1.12m
5:17PM-0.18m
4:43AM1.11m
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
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
1.5
W
12
1.6
W
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.3
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
10
1.4
WNW
10
1.7
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
11
1.4
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
10
1.6
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
10
1.4
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
13
2.2
WNW
12
2.2
WNW
12
1.5
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.4
NW
11
2.5
SSW
8
3
SSW
9
3
W
13
2.5
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
11
2.4
WSW
11
2.1
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.2
SW
9
0.9
SW
8
1.2
WSW
8
0.9
W
6
0.8
WNW
6
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
rain showers
heavy rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloudy
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
risk tstorm
some clouds
clear
rain shwrs
heavy rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
some clouds
rain shwrs
clear
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
 km/h
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
NE
0
SE
5
WSW
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
WSW
10
SSE
15
S
35
S
15
W
5
ESE
10
E
20
SE
35
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
SW
10
NW
10
N
0
NW
 mm 
14
14
4
10
7
5
1
19
5
1
14
5
11
6
3
4
1
max°C
19
13
18
18
14
17
17
15
17
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
14
13
14
13
13
14
13
15
15
13
17
16
13
15
14
11
14
Moonrise
6:22
7:18
8:10
8:54
9:33
10:05
10:34
10:59
11:24
11:49
12:16
12:47
Moonset
3:37
4:26
5:22
6:23
7:26
8:31
9:35
10:39
11:44
12:51
2:01
Sunrise
7:15
7:16
7:16
7:16
7:18
7:18
7:18
7:18
7:18
7:20
7:20
7:20
Sunset
4:52
4:52
4:53
4:53
4:54
4:54
4:55
4:55
4:57
4:57
4:58
4:59
Today's sea temperature in Santa Cruz is
14.3° C
(Statistics for 17 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 12.7 max: 15.5 min: 11.2°C)
Issued (local time): 3 pm Wednesday 17 Dec 2025
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