Public ramp · Santa Cruz County · California
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The last reading here is 10 days old — past what we'll stand behind, so we're going back to the source.
Pulling NDBC buoy 46092 · NOAA tide station 9413450
Water you can reach from this ramp
Best first. 9 waters, scored separately.
Every day this week, scored like today.
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Santa Cruz Harbor (South Harbor) is a public boat ramp in Santa Cruz County, California, on Monterey Bay. From here SeaStatus scores 9 waters: Arana Creek 1a, Arana Creek 1c, Arana Wetland, Branciforte Creek 2, Carbonera Creek, Hagemann Gulch Harbor, and 3 more.
The main water here is Monterey Bay. Nearshore water is scored mostly on wind and wave height, with wave steepness and the tidal current counting too. A current running against the wind is treated as worse than either one alone. Wind, and waves where it reports them, come from NDBC buoy 46092, and tide predictions come from NOAA station 9413745, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, the closest one to here. Its conditions are read at a reference point on the water about 11.8 mi from this ramp.
Scores are decision support, not a substitute for your own judgment or the official NWS forecast. Read the limits.
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Sources · NOAA Tide Station 9413745 · NDBC Buoy 46092