Cowell Beach
Santa Cruz County, California, United States
- Paid parking
Today’s timelapseTomorrow at a glance
Best: 1 pm to sunset, sunset 6:20 pm6.5
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.4
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
6.2
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
6.1
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.5
7 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.8
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
6.7
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
7.3
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
7.7
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Another cam at Cowell Beach
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Best time to swim
Best: 1 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 14°C57°F
- Water
- 18°C65°F
- Wind
- 106 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 2214 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.5 m5 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 7%
- 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
- LifeguardStation listedOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
- Restrooms210 m700 ft away
- ShowersWithin 500 m0.3 mi
- Drinking waterWithin 500 m0.3 mi
- Parking21 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 60 m190 ft. Listed as paid
- Food and drink43 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Rentals4 within 500 m0.3 mi
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 120 m390 ft
- Nearest town
- 1.6 km1 miSanta Cruz (city)
- Nearest airport
- 21 km13 miWatsonville Municipal Airport (WVI)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Santa Cruz Beach0.6 km0.4 mi north-east away7.3 Great tomorrow
- Its Beach1.0 km0.6 mi south away7.3 Great tomorrow
- Lighthouse Field State Beach1.1 km0.7 mi south-west away7.3 Great tomorrow
- Seabright Beach1.6 km1.0 mi east away7.3 Great tomorrow
- Mitchell's Cove Beach1.6 km1.0 mi south-west away7.3 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.
- Fri7.7 GreatBest 1 pm to 7 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Sat8.1 GreatBest 10 am to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Sun8.0 GreatBest 1 pm to 2 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.0 GreatBest 2 pm to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 1%
- Tue8.1 GreatBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Wed7.4 GreatBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 1%