Monday, June 29, 2026

Santa Cruz Surf Forecast

7-day outlook | Updated hourly

8 of 8 beaches with data

1 swell incoming

0

Fair

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Based on wave height, wind conditions, and swell quality

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Upcoming Swells

Medium Swell

Today

chest high

Height

4-5ft

Period

14s

Direction

SSW

chest-high SSW swell with 14s period

29 MonPeak: 29 Mon2 Thu

Beach Conditions

Current conditions ranked by surf quality

Beach	Best Day	Wave Height	Trend	Score
Mavericks	Wednesday(60)	1.2ft	Steady	42 FAIR
Waddell Creek	Monday(62)	1.8ft	Steady	41 FAIR
Steamer Lane	Wednesday(63)	1.2ft	Steady	37 RIDEABLE
Mitchell's Cove	Wednesday(63)	1.1ft	Steady	34 RIDEABLE
Capitola Beach	Thursday(40)	0.5ft	Steady	31 RIDEABLE
38th Avenue (Santa Cruz)	Monday(60)	0.5ft	Steady	20 MEH
Pleasure Point	Tuesday(61)	0.5ft	Steady	20 MEH
The Hook	Tuesday(61)	0.5ft	Steady	20 MEH

42

FAIR conditions

1.2ft

Steady

Best: Wednesday(60)

41

FAIR conditions

1.8ft

Steady

Best: Monday(62)

37

RIDEABLE conditions

1.2ft

Steady

Best: Wednesday(63)

34

Mitchell's Cove

RIDEABLE conditions

1.1ft

Steady

Best: Wednesday(63)

31

RIDEABLE conditions

0.5ft

Steady

Best: Thursday(40)

20

38th Avenue (Santa Cruz)

MEH conditions

0.5ft

Steady

Best: Monday(60)

20

MEH conditions

0.5ft

Steady

Best: Tuesday(61)

20

MEH conditions

0.5ft

Steady

Best: Tuesday(61)

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