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Pleasure Point - First Peak Surf Report, Santa Cruz, CA
Pleasure Point - First Peak, Santa Cruz, California: 7–9 ft, overhead to well overhead, at 12 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Great. The main swell is 5.5 ft at 15 seconds from the 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.
7–9 ft
overhead to well overhead · occasional 10 ft
- Swell
- 5.5 ft · 15 s · SW
- Wind
- calmcalm
- Tide
- 4.4 ft fallinglow -0.2 ft at 4:42 pm
- Water
- 67°F2mm springsuit
- Air
- 69°Ffeels like 68°F
- Sun
- rise 6:40 amset 5:03 pm
Pleasure Point - First Peak surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Pleasure Point - First Peak: 10 am, Great, on a falling 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 Pleasure Point - First Peak: 2 pm, Great, on a falling mid tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 8–9 ft | Great | calm | 4.2 ft |
| 7 am | 8–9 ft | Great | calm | 5.1 ft |
| 8 am | 8–9 ft | Great | calm | 5.8 ft |
| 9 am | 8–9 ft | Great | calm | 6.2 ft |
| 10 am | 7–9 ft | Great | calm | 6.1 ft |
| 11 am | 7–8 ft | Great | calm | 5.5 ft |
| 12 pmnow | 7–8 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 11 | 4.4 ft |
| 1 pm | 7–9 ft | Great | 6 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 12 | 3.1 ft |
| 2 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 1.7 ft |
| 3 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 4 mph offshore (NW) | 0.6 ft |
| 4 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 6 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 11 | -0.0 ft |
| 5 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 6 mph offshore (N), gusts 11 | -0.2 ft |
| 6 pm | 5–6 ft | Great | 5 mph offshore (N), gusts 10 | 0.3 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 5–6 ft | Great | 3 mph offshore (NNE) | 3.9 ft |
| 7 am | 4–5 ft | Good | calm | 4.6 ft |
| 8 am | 4–5 ft | Good | calm | 5.4 ft |
| 9 am | 4 ft | Good | calm | 6.0 ft |
| 10 am | 4 ft | Good | calm | 6.1 ft |
| 11 am | 4–5 ft | Good | calm | 5.8 ft |
| 12 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (WSW) | 4.9 ft |
| 1 pm | 5–6 ft | Great | 6 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 12 | 3.8 ft |
| 2 pm | 5–6 ft | Great | 6 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 12 | 2.4 ft |
| 3 pm | 5–6 ft | Great | 6 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 11 | 1.2 ft |
| 4 pm | 5–6 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 0.3 ft |
| 5 pm | 5–6 ft | Great | 4 mph offshore (NNW) | -0.2 ft |
Pleasure Point - First Peak waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 12 pm, sets at Pleasure Point - First Peak arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 8.6 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 42 s
- Lulls
- about 199 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 51% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- strong, about 2.1 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Pleasure Point - First Peak surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Pleasure Point - First Peak: the biggest day is Monday, Nov 9 at 5–9 ft, and the best-rated day is Sunday, Nov 15 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 5–9 ft and Great; Sunday, Nov 15, 5–7 ft and Great.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Pleasure Point - First Peak 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 | 5–9 ft | Great | 6.0 ft · 15 s · SW | calm | 5 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 10 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 4–6 ft | Great | 3.4 ft · 13 s · WSW | calm | 6 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 12 | 2 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 4–5 ft | Good | 3.6 ft · 13 s · WSW | 6 mph cross-shore (ENE), gusts 12 | 4 mph cross-shore (SW) | 6 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 3–6 ft | Good | 3.4 ft · 14 s · WSW | 4 mph cross-shore (E), gusts 9 | 9 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 22 | 8 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 4–6 ft | Good | 6.4 ft · 14 s · WSW | 6 mph onshore (SE), gusts 11 | 13 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 26 | 6 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 5–9 ft | Great | 7.2 ft · 15 s · WSW | 5 mph offshore (N), gusts 11 | 5 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 10 | 4 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 5–7 ft | Great | 6.3 ft · 17 s · WSW | calm | 5 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 11 | 1 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 7–9 ft | Great | 6.6 ft · 15 s · WSW | 6 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 12 | 13 mph offshore (NW), gusts 25 | 4 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 2–6 ft | Great | — | 7 mph offshore (N), gusts 12 | 10 mph offshore (NW) | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 2–4 ft | Good | — | calm | 9 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 14 | 10 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Pleasure Point - First Peak are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Pleasure Point - First Peak tide chart and tide times
Tides at Pleasure Point - First Peak 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.
Pleasure Point - First Peak 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.
Pleasure Point - First Peak water temperature
The water temperature at Pleasure Point - First Peak 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 69°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 Pleasure Point - First Peak
- Pleasure Point0.2 mi SSE · 7–8 ft · Great
- Pleasure Point - Second Peak0.2 mi NE · 6–7 ft · Great
- Pleasure Point - Sewer Peak0.2 mi SSW · 8–9 ft · Great
- Rockview Street0.3 mi WSW · 8–9 ft · Great
- 38th Ave (Pleasure Point)0.3 mi NE · 5–6 ft · Great
- The Hook0.5 mi NE · 6–7 ft · Great
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About Pleasure Point - First Peak
Pleasure Point - First Peak is a reef break in Santa Cruz County, California, facing south. Also called 1st Peak and East Cliff.
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