Its Beach
Santa Cruz County, California, United States
- Free parking
- Dogs allowed
Today at a glance
Best: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 6:21 pm6.4
9 km/h6 mph wind, Good
6.4
6 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.5
2 km/h1 mph wind, Good
5.7
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
6.1
9 km/h5 mph wind, Good
5.1
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
6.1
1 km/h0 mph wind, Good
7.6
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.7
12 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.5
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.1
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 3 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 13°C56°F
- Water
- 18°C65°F
- Wind
- 117 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 2315 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.8 m6 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 2%
- Sunset
- 6:21 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
- Restrooms230 m750 ft away
- Showers240 m780 ft away
- Parking9 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 80 m250 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink2 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 230 m740 ft
- Rentals1 within 500 m0.3 miSanta Cruz - West Cliff Lighthouse
- DogsAllowed
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 740 m0.5 miDelaware Avenue & Liberty Street
- Nearest town
- 2.5 km1.6 miSanta Cruz (city)
- Nearest airport
- 21 km13 miWatsonville Municipal Airport (WVI)
Nearby places
- Santa Cruz - West Cliff LighthouseRental70 m220 ft
- Steamer Lane SupplyFood and drink230 m740 ft
- Shrine CoffeeCoffee shop440 m0.3 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Lighthouse Field State Beach0.2 km0.1 mi west away7.5 Great later
- Cowell Beach1.0 km0.6 mi north away7.5 Great later
- Mitchell's Cove Beach1.1 km0.7 mi west away7.5 Great later
- Santa Cruz Beach1.5 km0.9 mi north-east away7.5 Great later
- Swift Beach1.8 km1.1 mi west away7.5 Great later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat7.9 GreatBest 10 am to 4 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.0 GreatBest 8 am to 11 amWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
- Mon5.5 GoodBest 12 pm to 3 pmWind up to 22 km/h13 mph, rain 1%
- Tue7.7 GreatBest 8 am to 5 pmWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 0%
- Wed7.5 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 1%
- Thu7.7 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 5%