Sand Plant Beach
Santa Cruz County, California, United States
No photo of Sand Plant Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Tomorrow 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.
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
We do not have facility details for this beach yet.
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 5.9 km3.7 miSanta Cruz (city)
- Nearest airport
- 27 km17 miWatsonville Municipal Airport (WVI)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Fern Grotto Beach0.4 km0.2 mi east away7.3 Great tomorrow
- Strawberry Beach1.0 km0.6 mi west away6.3 Good tomorrow
- Wilder Beach1.1 km0.7 mi east away7.3 Great tomorrow
- Three Mile Beach2.1 km1.3 mi west away6.3 Good tomorrow
- Younger Beach2.2 km1.4 mi east 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%