Santa Cruz - 26th Surf Guide

Santa Cruz - 26th in Santa Cruz is a reasonably exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the north northwest with some shelter here from west northwest winds. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the southwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Watch out for locals and pollution.

Santa Cruz - 26th Spot Info

Type:Rating:Reliability:Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach2fairly consistent
14.1°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Santa Cruz - 26th:

The best conditions reported for surf at Santa Cruz - 26th occur when a Southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the North-northwest.

California Energía de ola prevista en 12 horas

Energía de Olas (poder): 12 horas

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Santa Cruz - 26th Surf:

Thursday, 23 April 2026, 16:38 Local time
jueves 23
2PM5PM8PM11PM
Wave (m)
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
Período (s) 14 13 13 13
Viento (km/h)
10
15
10
5
Estado del Viento cross-
off
cross-
off
off off



Tide Times:

Para Santa Cruz, California, a 3 km de Santa Cruz - 26th.

ES A LAS (hora local)

Santa Cruz - 26th Tide Times and Tide Chart


Live Weather:

At Santa Cruz, 1 km from Santa Cruz - 26th.

light winds from the SW
10

km/h

dry
Air temperature
19 °C

Current weather near Santa Cruz - 26th

Buoy Data:

At Cabrillo Point, Monterey Bay, CA, 23 miles from Santa Cruz - 26th.

  11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM
Antigüedad de datos 4 hr 3 hr 2 hr 1 hr
Altura de Olas (m) 0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
Período Dominante (s) 13 13 12 11

All wavebuoys around Santa Cruz - 26th

Overall Santa Cruz - 26th Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in abril

Surf stats for Santa Cruz - 26th: see the swell variation by month.


Wind stats for Santa Cruz - 26th: see the variation in direction and stength by month.



Santa Cruz - 26th Location Maps

Santa Cruz - 26th Location Map

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Usa este mapa para navegar hacia las playas de surf de CAL - Santa Cruz y estaciones de marea cercanas de Santa Cruz - 26th

Spots de Surf más cercanos a Santa Cruz - 26th:

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Boyas marinas más cercanas a Santa Cruz - 26th:

Estaciones de marea más cercanas a Santa Cruz - 26th:

  • Closest estación de marea
    Santa Cruz
    2 mi
  • Second closest estación de marea
    Live Oak
    2 mi
  • Third closest estación de marea
    Rio Del Mar
    4 mi
  • Fourth closest estación de marea
    Aptos
    5 mi
  • Fifth closest estación de marea
    Elkhorn Slough railroad bridge
    14 mi

Airports

  • The closest passenger airport to Santa Cruz - 26th is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 45 km (28 miles) away (directly).
  • The second nearest airport to Santa Cruz - 26th is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ), also in USA, 51 km (32 miles) away.
  • Third is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 82 km (51 miles) away.
  • Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK) in USA is 88 km (55 miles) away.
  • Modesto City Co Harry Sham Airport (MOD), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Santa Cruz - 26th and is 117 km (73 miles) away.
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