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 08:03 AM and sunset is at 06:02 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the N by Thu night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue morning).

Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
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PM
night
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PM
night
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PM
night
AM
PM
night
Wave Height Map
High Tide
12:57PM1.82m
1:14AM1.97m
1:33PM1.86m
1:49AM2.02m
2:09PM1.87m
2:25AM2.05m
2:44PM1.87m
3:00AM2.06m
3:19PM1.85m
3:36AM2.05m
3:55PM1.82m
4:12AM2.02m
4:35PM1.78m
4:52AM1.98m
5:19PM1.73m
5:36AM1.93m
6:11PM1.69m
6:28AM1.87m
7:11PM1.67m
7:31AM1.81m
8:21PM1.68m
8:43AM1.79m
9:32PM1.75m
Low Tide
6:49AM0.41m
6:57PM0.39m
7:25AM0.35m
7:32PM0.36m
8:01AM0.32m
8:07PM0.33m
8:37AM0.30m
8:41PM0.33m
9:13AM0.31m
9:16PM0.34m
9:50AM0.34m
9:52PM0.38m
10:29AM0.37m
10:30PM0.43m
11:11AM0.41m
11:14PM0.49m
11:58AM0.44m
00:05AM0.56m
12:54PM0.47m
1:08AM0.61m
1:58PM0.48m
2:23AM0.62m
3:08PM0.46m
3:40AM0.55m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
1.8
NW
23
2.1
NW
20
2.1
NW
17
2.5
NW
15
2.5
NW
16
3
NNW
17
2.5
NNW
16
2.4
NNW
15
2
NNW
14
3
NNW
15
3
NNW
14
3
NNW
14
3
NNW
16
3
NNW
15
3
NNW
15
2.2
NNW
14
1.9
NNW
13
1.7
NNW
12
2
N
13
2.1
NNW
12
1.7
NNW
12
1.7
NNW
11
1.7
NNW
12
1.6
N
10
1.7
N
11
1.6
NNE
10
1.4
NNE
10
1.6
N
10
1.6
NNW
10
1.4
N
10
1.3
NNW
10
1.4
NNW
10
1.4
NW
9
1.3
NW
12
1.3
NW
11
1.3
NW
11
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
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clear
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part cloud
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clear
rain shwrs
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
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some clouds
clear
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rain shwrs
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some clouds
some clouds
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
clear
some clouds
cloudy
 km/h
10
WNW
5
W
15
NW
25
N
25
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
W
15
NW
20
NW
5
NW
20
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
10
NW
 mm 
7
1
1
1
2
1
max°C
18
18
18
17
17
16
17
17
16
17
17
16
17
17
15
17
18
16
17
17
15
17
17
15
17
17
17
18
18
17
18
19
19
19
19
17
Moonrise
6:50
7:47
8:40
9:27
10:09
10:46
11:18
11:47
12:14
12:42
1:11
1:43
Moonset
4:37
5:25
6:19
7:17
8:18
9:20
10:21
11:23
12:24
1:28
2:34
Sunrise
8:03
8:03
8:03
8:04
8:04
8:06
8:06
8:07
8:07
8:07
8:07
8:07
Sunset
6:02
6:04
6:04
6:05
6:05
6:06
6:06
6:07
6:07
6:07
6:08
6:08
Today's sea temperature in Santa Cruz is
20.0° C
(Statistics for 18 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 19.5 max: 20.3 min: 18.6°C)
Issued (local time): 11 am Thursday 18 Dec 2025
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