Spot report
🇺🇸Waddell Creek, California
updated 04:00 local · open-meteo
🪁 Kitesurf💨 Windsurf· ocean beach break · base: Santa Cruz
The mainland's original wave-sailing arena (national contests 1985-2000, Santa Cruz Goya Windsurfing Festival) with side-onshore NW wind right off Highway 1.
Heads up · Cold water, sharks, wave priority rules
Wind
4 km/h
gusts 7 · from E
Waves
1.6 m
12 s period · sea 17.2 °C
Road
dry
dry — 12 °C
Daylight
07:16 → 18:33
12 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🌊
Surf
FIRING1.6 m @ 12 s — it's on
Best windows this week
- Tue 7am–6pmFIRING
2.6 m @ 10 s — it's on · 12 h
- Mon 7am–6pmFIRING
2.3 m @ 10 s — it's on · 12 h
- Sun 7am–6pmFIRING
2.2 m @ 10 s — it's on · 12 h
This week
Today
15 km/h · 1.6 m
12–22 °C
🌊Surf
Thu
13 km/h · 1.4 m
12–26 °C
🌊Surf
Fri
9 km/h · 1.3 m
18–34 °C
🌊Surf
Sat
15 km/h · 1.8 m
16–32 °C
🌊Surf
Sun
22 km/h · 2.3 m
11–25 °C
🌊Surf
Mon
19 km/h · 2.3 m
9–22 °C
🌊Surf
Tue
13 km/h · 3.5 m
8–21 °C
🌊Surf
bars: daily max wind · wave · best sport each day
Pack list
- Water 17.2 °C → 4/3 with boots
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 12 °C → light layer you can stash
- Daylight 07:16–18:33 → golden hour from 17:33
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