Aptos · Santa Cruz County · California
Beer Can Beach Surf Report & Forecast, Aptos, California
Beer Can Beach, Aptos, California: 7–8 ft, overhead to well overhead, at 12 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Great. The main swell is 5.1 ft at 15 seconds from the west-southwest, with calm wind. Water is about 67°F, so a 2mm springsuit is the suggestion; the next low tide is -0.2 ft at 4:42 pm.
7–8 ft
overhead to well overhead · occasional 9 ft
- Swell
- 5.1 ft · 15 s · WSW
- Wind
- calmcalm
- Tide
- 4.4 ft fallinglow -0.2 ft at 4:42 pm
- Water
- 67°F2mm springsuit
- Air
- 70°Ffeels like 68°F
- Sun
- rise 6:40 amset 5:03 pm
Beer Can Beach surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Beer Can Beach: 6 am, Great, on a rising high tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Beer Can Beach: 11 am, Great, on a falling high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 8–9 ft | Great | 4 mph offshore (N) | 4.2 ft |
| 7 am | 7–8 ft | Great | 4 mph offshore (N) | 5.1 ft |
| 8 am | 7–8 ft | Great | calm | 5.8 ft |
| 9 am | 7–8 ft | Great | calm | 6.2 ft |
| 10 am | 7–8 ft | Great | calm | 6.1 ft |
| 11 am | 7–8 ft | Great | calm | 5.5 ft |
| 12 pmnow | 6–8 ft | Good | 6 mph onshore (W), gusts 11 | 4.4 ft |
| 1 pm | 7–8 ft | Fair | 7 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 15 | 3.1 ft |
| 2 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 13 | 1.7 ft |
| 3 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 11 | 0.6 ft |
| 4 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 9 | -0.0 ft |
| 5 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NNW) | -0.2 ft |
| 6 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (N) | 0.3 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (N) | 3.9 ft |
| 7 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (N) | 4.6 ft |
| 8 am | 4–5 ft | Good | 4 mph offshore (N) | 5.4 ft |
| 9 am | 4–5 ft | Great | calm | 6.0 ft |
| 10 am | 4–5 ft | Good | calm | 6.1 ft |
| 11 am | 4–5 ft | Great | calm | 5.8 ft |
| 12 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 3 mph cross-shore (W) | 4.9 ft |
| 1 pm | 4–5 ft | Fair | 6 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 12 | 3.8 ft |
| 2 pm | 5 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 13 | 2.4 ft |
| 3 pm | 5–6 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 10 | 1.2 ft |
| 4 pm | 5–6 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 0.3 ft |
| 5 pm | 5–6 ft | Great | calm | -0.2 ft |
Beer Can Beach waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 12 pm, sets at Beer Can Beach arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 8.2 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 42 s
- Lulls
- about 149 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 41% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- light, about 0.3 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Beer Can Beach surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Beer Can Beach: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 9–14 ft, and the best-rated day is Wednesday, Nov 11 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 9–14 ft and Great; Sunday, Nov 15, 7–11 ft and Great.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Beer Can Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 6–9 ft | Great | 5.6 ft · 15 s · SW | calm | 6 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 13 | 6 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 4–6 ft | Great | 3.1 ft · 13 s · WSW | 4 mph offshore (N) | 6 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 13 | 11 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 4–5 ft | Great | 3.4 ft · 13 s · WSW | 5 mph offshore (ENE), gusts 11 | 4 mph onshore (SW), gusts 9 | 10 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 6–8 ft | Great | 3.6 ft · 14 s · WSW | 4 mph cross-shore (E) | 9 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 22 | 11 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 7–9 ft | Great | 6.5 ft · 14 s · WSW | 5 mph cross-shore (SE) | 12 mph onshore (SW), gusts 24 | 8 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 9–14 ft | Great | 7.3 ft · 15 s · WSW | 5 mph offshore (NNE) | 5 mph onshore (WSW), gusts 10 | 10 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 7–11 ft | Great | 6.7 ft · 17 s · WSW | calm | 6 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 12 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 9–11 ft | Great | 6.9 ft · 15 s · WSW | 5 mph cross-shore (N) | 11 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 23 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 4–7 ft | Great | — | 6 mph cross-shore (N) | 9 mph cross-shore (NW) | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 3–5 ft | Good | — | calm | 7 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 12 | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Beer Can Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Beer Can Beach tide chart and tide times
Tides at Beer Can Beach today, Monday, Nov 9: low 2.9 ft at 3:12 am, high 6.2 ft at 9:17 am, low -0.2 ft at 4:42 pm and high 4.2 ft at 11:26 pm. At 12 pm the tide is 4.4 ft and falling.
Beer Can Beach tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low 2.9 ft at 3:12 amHigh 6.2 ft at 9:17 amLow -0.2 ft at 4:42 pmHigh 4.2 ft at 11:26 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 3.0 ft at 3:44 amHigh 6.1 ft at 9:49 amLow -0.2 ft at 5:17 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | High 4.1 ft at 12:12 amLow 3.2 ft at 4:11 amHigh 6.0 ft at 10:23 amLow 0.0 ft at 6 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 4.1 ft at 1:13 amLow 3.6 ft at 4:44 amHigh 6.0 ft at 10:55 amLow 0.3 ft at 6:44 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 4.1 ft at 2:14 amLow 3.8 ft at 5:21 amHigh 5.8 ft at 11:35 amLow 0.6 ft at 7:32 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 4.2 ft at 3:18 amLow 4.0 ft at 6:09 amHigh 5.5 ft at 12:17 pmLow 0.8 ft at 8:23 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 4.3 ft at 4:17 amLow 4.0 ft at 7:38 amHigh 5.0 ft at 1:03 pmLow 0.8 ft at 9:13 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 4.2 ft at 5:07 amLow 3.7 ft at 9:16 amHigh 4.5 ft at 2:10 pmLow 0.9 ft at 10 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.5 ft at 5:35 amLow 3.4 ft at 10:52 am |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Beer Can Beach water temperature
The water temperature at Beer Can Beach is about 67°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 68°F and a 2 mph wind, a 2mm springsuit is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 66 and 70°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Beer Can Beach
- Seascape0.4 mi SE · 7–9 ft · Great
- Rio Del Mar0.8 mi NW · 6–7 ft · Good
- Seacliff State Beach1.6 mi NW · 5–6 ft · Great
- La Selva Beach2.1 mi SE · 8–9 ft · Great
- Manresa State Beach2.9 mi SE · 8–9 ft · Great
- Capitola Jetty / Rivermouth3.5 mi WNW · 4–5 ft · Great
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About Beer Can Beach
Beer Can Beach is a beach break in Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California, facing southwest. Also called Hidden Beach.
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