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Five Mile Beach

Santa Cruz County, California, United States

Five Mile Beach 1 photo

  • Waiting For The Wave

    Waiting For The Wave. Liza Turchinksy, CC0. Source

Tomorrow at a glance

Calmest: 2 pm to 5 pm, sunset 6:21 pm
8 am
6.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
9 am
6.3
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
10 am
6.3
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
11 am
5.9
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
12 pm
5.9
9 km/h5 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.3
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
2 pm
6.5
15 km/h9 mph wind, Good
3 pm
6.4
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
4 pm
6.8
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
5 pm
6.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.1
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
16°C61°F
Water
18°C65°F
Wind
1811 km/hmph NNW
Gusts
2515 km/hmph
Waves
1.9 m6 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
7%
Sunset
6:21 pm
Today
4.3Fair8 am127
4.3Fair9 am106
4.0Fair10 am1610
4.2Fair11 am1710
3.5Poor12 pm1912
1.9Poor1 pm1811
3.8Poor2 pm32
4.1Fair3 pm128
4.3Fair4 pm127
5.8Good5 pm74
4.4Fair6 pm95
Fri
6.2Good8 am106
6.3Good9 am64
6.3Good10 am53
5.9Good11 am64
5.9Good12 pm95
6.3Good1 pm138
6.5Good2 pm159
6.4Good3 pm1610
6.8Good4 pm138
6.5Good5 pm1610
6.1Good6 pm2012
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 2 am, -0.3 m. High at 9 am, 0.9 m. Low at 3 pm, -0.4 m. High at 9 pm, 0.7 mLow 2 am, -0.3 m1 ftHigh 9 am, 0.9 m3 ftLow 3 pm, -0.4 m1 ftHigh 9 pm, 0.7 m2 ftNow4 am10 am4 pm10 pm
  • Low 2 am, -0.3 m1 ft
  • High 9 am, 0.9 m3 ft
  • Low 3 pm, -0.4 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.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat7.2 GreatBest 8 am to 4 pmWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 0%
  • Sun6.7 GoodBest 1 pm to 3 pmWind up to 19 km/h11 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon6.1 GoodBest 2 pm to 7 pmWind up to 34 km/h21 mph, rain 1%
  • Tue6.9 GoodBest 8 am to 1 pmWind up to 43 km/h27 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed5.7 GoodBest 5 pm to 7 pmWind up to 30 km/h19 mph, rain 1%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest bus stop
600 m0.4 miCabrillo Highway & Coast Road
Nearest town
5.6 km3.5 miDavenport (village)
Nearest airport
32 km20 miWatsonville Municipal Airport (WVI)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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