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Yellowbank Beach

Santa Cruz County, California, United States

Yellowbank Beach 5 photos

  • Panther Beach Davenport Ca

    Panther Beach Davenport Ca. Kasra Afzali, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Full moon and high tide... Ocean is creeping into the beach - Flickr - Always Shooting

    Full moon and high tide... Ocean is creeping into the beach - Flickr - Always Shooting. Always Shooting, CC BY 2.0. Source

  • Sunset at Shark Fin Cove

    Sunset at Shark Fin Cove. Meiko21 ( talk ), CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Shark Fin Cove, Pacific Coast, California1

    Shark Fin Cove, Pacific Coast, California1. dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Shark Fin Cove, Pacific Coast, California2

    Shark Fin Cove, Pacific Coast, California2. dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today 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.

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°C60°F
Water
18°C65°F
Wind
1711 km/hmph NNW
Gusts
2415 km/hmph
Waves
2.0 m6 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
3%
Sunset
6:21 pm
Today
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
Sat
6.8Good8 am106
6.9Good9 am96
7.2Great10 am43
7.1Great11 am64
7.1Great12 pm63
7.1Great1 pm74
7.2Great2 pm117
6.4Good3 pm149
5.5Good4 pm1912
5.9Good5 pm2213
6.2Good6 pm2415
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 ftNow6 am12 pm6 pm12 am
  • 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.

  • 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

  • Restrooms420 m0.3 mi away
  • Parking3 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 280 m920 ft. Listed as free

Getting there

Nearest town
2.8 km1.7 miDavenport (village)
Nearest airport
35 km22 miWatsonville Municipal Airport (WVI)

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

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