38th Avenue Coastal Access
Santa Cruz County, California, United States
- Free parking
Tomorrow at a glance
Best: 12 pm to sunset, sunset 6:20 pm6.3
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good
6.3
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.4
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
6.7
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.9
9 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.9
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
7.3
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.6
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.9
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.5
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.4
12 km/h7 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 12 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 15°C59°F
- Water
- 18°C65°F
- Wind
- 43 km/hmph WSW
- Gusts
- 2113 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.5 m5 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 2%
- Sunset
- 6:20 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 2 am, -0.3 m1 ft
- High 9 am, 0.9 m3 ft
- Low 3 pm, -0.3 m1 ft
- High 9 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- Restrooms170 m550 ft away
- Parking4 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 150 m480 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink24 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 440 m0.3 mi
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 460 m0.3 miPortola Drive & 41st Avenue
- Nearest town
- 260 m870 ftOpal Cliffs (village)
- Nearest airport
- 16 km10 miWatsonville Municipal Airport (WVI)
Nearby places
- SüdaAmerican440 m0.3 mi
- Pleasure PizzaPizza440 m0.3 mi
- Cat & Cloud Coffee Co.Coffee shop520 m0.3 mi
- Cliff CafeFood and drink520 m0.3 mi
- Mountain Mike's PizzaPizza530 m0.3 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Private's Beach0.8 km0.5 mi north-east away7.4 Great tomorrow
- Private's Nude Beach0.9 km0.6 mi north-east away7.4 Great tomorrow
- Moran Lake Beach1.1 km0.7 mi west away7.4 Great tomorrow
- Hooper Beach1.5 km0.9 mi north-east away7.4 Great tomorrow
- Santa Maria's Beach1.8 km1.1 mi west away7.4 Great tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Fri7.9 GreatBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Sat8.3 GreatBest 10 am to 7 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.4 GreatBest 8 am to 11 amWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Mon5.5 GoodBest 1 pm to 4 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 1%
- Tue7.8 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
- Wed8.2 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h8 mph, rain 1%