World-class break
Steamer Lane
Santa Cruz, California, United States36.951, -122.027Point break · faces S (190°)
Spot guide
Steamer Lane is an S-facing point break in Santa Cruz, California, United States. It picks up swell from S to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 50% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the N: light winds or N breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while S onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Point
- Faces
- S (190°)
- Best swell
- W to NW (260°–310°), 12 s or longer
- Best wind
- NW to NE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 4–10 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- S to WNW (175.5° to 290°)
- Offshore wind
- N
- Tide
- NOAA station 9413745
- Wave buoy
- Monterey Canyon Outer, CA (156) · 22 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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