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Seacliff State Beach

Santa Cruz County, California, United States

Today’s timelapse
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Seacliff State Beach 8 photos

  • Seacliff State Beach Aug 2019

    Seacliff State Beach Aug 2019. Thomson200, CC0. Source

  • Seacliff State Beach Aug 2019 1

    Seacliff State Beach Aug 2019 1. Thomson200, CC0. Source

  • Sand Castle and Pier at Seacliff State Beach

    Sand Castle and Pier at Seacliff State Beach. Don DeBold from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0. Source

  • Sitting on a log at Seacliff State Beach

    Sitting on a log at Seacliff State Beach. Don DeBold from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0. Source

  • Palo Alto Cement Ship and the Seacliff Beach Pier

    Palo Alto Cement Ship and the Seacliff Beach Pier. Don DeBold from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0. Source

  • USA-Aptos-Seacliff State Beach

    USA-Aptos-Seacliff State Beach. Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Follow the Big Dog!

    Follow the Big Dog!. Don DeBold from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0. Source

  • SSPaloAlto2012-07-08

    SSPaloAlto2012-07-08. Richard Masoner, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

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Tomorrow at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:20 pm
8 am
6.8
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good
9 am
6.7
1 km/h1 mph wind, Good
10 am
6.8
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
11 am
6.7
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
12 pm
7.2
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
1 pm
5.0
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
5.6
14 km/h9 mph wind, Good
3 pm
7.1
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
4 pm
7.4
3 km/h2 mph wind, Great
5 pm
7.5
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
6 pm
7.5
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great

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Forecast, hour by hour

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

Air
16°C62°F
Water
18°C64°F
Wind
32 km/hmph NW
Gusts
74 km/hmph
Waves
1.0 m3 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
7%
Sunset
6:20 pm
Today
4.7Fair8 am96
5.1Fair9 am74
5.3Fair10 am74
4.8Fair11 am96
4.3Fair12 pm53
4.2Fair1 pm53
4.1Fair2 pm106
4.2Fair3 pm64
2.3Poor4 pm53
4.3Fair5 pm21
4.7Fair6 pm32
Fri
6.8Good8 am74
6.7Good9 am11
6.8Good10 am32
6.7Good11 am64
7.2Great12 pm85
5.0Fair1 pm117
5.6Good2 pm149
7.1Great3 pm138
7.4Great4 pm32
7.5Great5 pm159
7.5Great6 pm138
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, -0.3 mLow 2 am, -0.3 m1 ftHigh 9 am, 0.9 m3 ftLow 3 pm, -0.3 m1 ftNow3 am9 am3 pm9 pm
  • Low 2 am, -0.3 m1 ft
  • High 9 am, 0.9 m3 ft
  • Low 3 pm, -0.3 m1 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.

  • Sat8.3 GreatBest 10 am to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
  • Sun7.5 GreatBest 1 pm to 2 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon7.7 GreatBest 3 pm to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue7.8 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed6.9 GoodBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Seacliff State Beach

Seacliff State Beach is a California State Beach located in the United States. OpenStreetMap lists Potbelly Beach nearby, about 0.97 miles away. The beach is within 0.23 miles of the nearest bus stop and has drinking water available on site.

From Wikipedia

Seacliff State Beach is a state beach park on Monterey Bay, in the town of Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California. It is located off Highway 1 on State Park Drive, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Santa Cruz. The beach is most known for the concrete ship SS Palo Alto lying in the water. North of Seacliff State Beach is New Brighton State Beach.

Source: Seacliff State Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

  • Restrooms60 m180 ft away
  • Showers210 m700 ft away
  • Drinking water50 m170 ft away
  • Parking9 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 90 m280 ft. Listed as paid
  • Food and drink20 within 1 km0.6 mi
  • Picnic tables70 m240 ft away
  • Playground490 m0.3 mi awaySeacliff Village Park Playground

Getting there

Nearest bus stop
370 m0.2 mi
Nearest town
300 m980 ftSeacliff (village)
Nearest airport
12 km7 miWatsonville Municipal Airport (WVI)

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

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