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 07:15 AM and sunset is at 04:52 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Sat night. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 62mm), heaviest during Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 96mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Wed morning, strong winds from the SSE by Wed night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon morning, min 9°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 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 | 7:12PM1.01m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 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 | 11:09PM0.78m | |||||||||||||
WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 11 | WNW 13 | WSW 8 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | S 8 | SW 9 | W 16 | W 14 | W 13 | W 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | W 10 | WNW 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | WNW 8 | W 7 | WNW 11 | |
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clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | light rain | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | mod rain | heavy rain | mod rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | light rain | mod rain | heavy rain | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | light rain | risk tstorm | risk tstorm | heavy rain | heavy rain | mod rain | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | |
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— | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 18 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
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 | — | — |
 | 7:15 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — |
 | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | 4:59 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Santa Cruz is 14.3° C (Statistics for 18 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 12.7 max: 14.9 min: 11.2°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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