Spot report
🇺🇸Steamer Lane / Santa Cruz, California
updated 03:30 local · open-meteo
🌊 Surf🏄 SUP· point break · base: Santa Cruz
Home of the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum and the birthplace of mainland surfing, with Steamer Lane for experts and Cowell's for lessons and SUP surfing.
Heads up · Crowded, localised lineup at the Lane; cold water; cliff-jump entry
Wind
9 km/h
gusts 8 · from NE
Waves
1.4 m
13 s period · sea 17.8 °C
Road
dry
dry — 12 °C
Daylight
07:15 → 18:32
12 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🌊
Surf
FIRING1.4 m @ 13 s — it's on
Best windows this week
- Tue 7am–6pmFIRING
2.5 m @ 10 s — it's on · 12 h
- Sun 7am–6pmFIRING
2.0 m @ 10 s — it's on · 12 h
- Mon 7am–6pmFIRING
1.9 m @ 10 s — it's on · 12 h
This week
Today
24 km/h · 1.4 m
11–22 °C
⛵Sailing
Thu
19 km/h · 1.2 m
12–29 °C
🌊Surf
Fri
12 km/h · 1.1 m
20–28 °C
🌊Surf
Sat
12 km/h · 1.5 m
19–27 °C
🌊Surf
Sun
12 km/h · 2.0 m
16–23 °C
🌊Surf
Mon
12 km/h · 1.9 m
14–20 °C
🌊Surf
Tue
11 km/h · 2.7 m
13–19 °C
🌊Surf
bars: daily max wind · wave · best sport each day
Pack list
- Water 17.8 °C → 4/3 with boots
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 12 °C → light layer you can stash
- Daylight 07:15–18:32 → golden hour from 17:32
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