Check the Beach

Sunset Beach

Santa Cruz County, California, United States

Sunset Beach 1 photo

  • Sunset State Beach

    Sunset State Beach. Davide D'Amico from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Tomorrow at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:20 pm
8 am
6.5
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
9 am
6.6
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
10 am
6.5
4 km/h3 mph wind, Good
11 am
6.5
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.4
7 km/h5 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.8
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
2 pm
7.0
12 km/h8 mph wind, Great
3 pm
7.0
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
4 pm
7.2
14 km/h8 mph wind, Great
5 pm
7.3
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
6 pm
7.2
4 km/h2 mph wind, Great

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

Where to stay near the beach

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Forecast, hour by hour

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

Air
15°C58°F
Water
18°C65°F
Wind
149 km/hmph NW
Gusts
2013 km/hmph
Waves
1.2 m4 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
13%
Sunset
6:20 pm
Today
5.3Fair8 am106
4.6Fair9 am53
5.3Fair10 am85
5.3Fair11 am106
4.5Fair12 pm95
4.4Fair1 pm117
3.8Poor2 pm1711
4.0Fair3 pm42
4.2Fair4 pm128
4.2Fair5 pm42
5.8Good6 pm53
Fri
6.5Good8 am85
6.6Good9 am64
6.5Good10 am43
6.5Good11 am32
6.4Good12 pm75
6.8Good1 pm117
7.0Great2 pm128
7.0Great3 pm149
7.2Great4 pm148
7.3Great5 pm117
7.2Great6 pm42
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.

  • Sat8.4 GreatBest 11 am to 4 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 0%
  • Sun7.1 GreatBest 1 pm to 2 pmWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon7.2 GreatBest 3 pm to 7 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue7.4 GreatBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed6.3 GoodBest 5 pm to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h13 mph, rain 1%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Restrooms310 m0.2 mi away
  • Showers320 m0.2 mi away
  • Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 290 m940 ft. Fee not listed

Getting there

Nearest town
2.7 km1.6 miPajaro Dunes (village)
Nearest airport
6 km4 miWatsonville Municipal Airport (WVI)

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

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