Wilder Beach
Santa Cruz County, California, United States36.949, -122.072Beach break · faces SSW (205°)
Spot guide
Wilder Beach is an SSW-facing beach break in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE to NW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 38% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNE: light winds or NNE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSW onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- SSW (205°)
- Best swell
- SSE to WSW (168°–246°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NNW to ENE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SSE to NW (168° to 310°)
- Offshore wind
- NNE
- Tide
- NOAA station 9413745
- Wave buoy
- Monterey Canyon Outer, CA (156) · 24 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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