Santa Cruz County Weather

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Active CalFire Incidents

County

Incident Name

Location

Acres Burned
% Contained

Updated

Del Norte

Smith River Complex

South of the Oregon border, northeast of High Plateau Mountain

0 / 0

08/30/2023

Humboldt

South Fork Complex

Little Pilot Rock, Bridgeville

0 / 0

09/01/2023

Humboldt

SRF Lightning Complex

Humboldt County

0 / 0

09/01/2023

Siskiyou

Klamath National Forest Lightning Complex

Klamath and Scott Rivers

0 / 0

09/05/2023

Siskiyou

Happy Camp Complex

Klamath National Forest and Happy Camp Ranger District near Scott Bar

0 / 0

09/07/2023

Trinity

Deep Fire

Stuart Fork Drainage

0 / 0

09/03/2023

Earthquakes in California in the Last 72 Hours

Use our guide to get ready for the big one.

Time

Description

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09/25/2023 5:28 p.m.

M 2.9 - 1 km ENE of Valley Ranch, Plumas County, CA

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09/25/2023 2:13 a.m.

M 2.6 - 12 km SSW of Tres Pinos, San Benito County, CA

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09/24/2023 11:44 p.m.

M 3.2 - 19 km WSW of Taft, Kern County, CA

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09/24/2023 9:57 a.m.

M 2.5 - 13 km SE of Bodfish, Kern County, CA

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09/23/2023 4:46 p.m.

M 2.9 - 21 km ESE of Willows, Glenn County, CA

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09/23/2023 3:05 p.m.

M 2.7 - 9 km NE of Alum Rock, Santa Clara County, CA

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09/23/2023 9 a.m.

M 3.3 - 16 km WSW of Patterson, Stanislaus County, CA

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5 Day Forecast for the Santa Cruz Region

Tuesday, September 26 2023 1

4 AM

59° Wind E 2.2 mph few clouds

7 AM

61° Wind NE 1.4 mph broken clouds

10 AM

71° Wind SW 4.1 mph broken clouds

1 PM

77° Wind W 5.3 mph clear sky

4 PM

75° Wind NW 7.4 mph clear sky

7 PM

63° Wind NW 7.8 mph clear sky

10 PM

58° Wind N 5.2 mph clear sky

Wednesday, September 27 2023 8

1 AM

56° Wind N 3.6 mph clear sky

4 AM

55° Wind N 2.7 mph clear sky

7 AM

56° Wind N 1.4 mph clear sky

10 AM

69° Wind W 3.3 mph clear sky

1 PM

76° Wind NW 5.0 mph clear sky

4 PM

74° Wind NW 12.0 mph clear sky

7 PM

62° Wind NW 9.8 mph clear sky

10 PM

57° Wind NW 4.7 mph clear sky

Thursday, September 28 2023 16

1 AM

55° Wind NW 2.6 mph scattered clouds

4 AM

54° Wind NE 2.2 mph scattered clouds

7 AM

54° Wind NE 4.6 mph scattered clouds

10 AM

68° Wind W 3.2 mph few clouds

1 PM

75° Wind W 5.1 mph clear sky

4 PM

75° Wind N 2.8 mph clear sky

7 PM

62° Wind NW 0.9 mph clear sky

10 PM

57° Wind SW 0.4 mph clear sky

Friday, September 29 2023 24

1 AM

56° Wind E 0.5 mph clear sky

4 AM

55° Wind N 0.6 mph clear sky

7 AM

57° Wind E 1.4 mph clear sky

10 AM

65° Wind W 3.8 mph scattered clouds

1 PM

71° Wind W 11.4 mph broken clouds

4 PM

66° Wind W 11.9 mph broken clouds

7 PM

59° Wind NW 8.7 mph scattered clouds

10 PM

57° Wind W 9.5 mph scattered clouds

Saturday, September 30 2023 32

1 AM

55° Wind NW 8.7 mph broken clouds

4 AM

56° Wind W 9.2 mph broken clouds

7 AM

55° Wind W 4.7 mph light rain

10 AM

61° Wind E 5.4 mph overcast clouds

1 PM

64° Wind SW 8.6 mph scattered clouds

4 PM

65° Wind W 7.9 mph scattered clouds

7 PM

58° Wind NW 3.4 mph clear sky

10 PM

57° Wind S 1.2 mph scattered clouds

Sunday, October 01 2023 40

1 AM

55° Wind E 1.0 mph clear sky

Resources

• AlertCalifornia Camera Map

• Cal ISO Grid Tracker

• CalFire Incidents

• NASA Heat Satellites

• National Weather Service Alerts

• NOAA 24 Hour Precipitation

• NOAA All Satellite Images

• NOAA Local Tides

• NOAA River Levels & Forecasts

• PG&E Outages

• PurpleAir Air Quality

• SurfForecast.com

• USGS Earthquake Map

• Zone Haven Aware

River & Stream Levels

• Pajaro River at Chittenden (NOAA)

• Corralitos Creek at Freedom (NOAA)

• Soquel Creek at Soquel (NOAA)

• San Lorenzo River at Big Trees (NOAA)

• San Lorenzo River at Santa Cruz (NOAA)

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Weather Alert

High Surf Advisory
Effective: 2023-09-26 05:00:00
Expires: 2023-09-26 23:00:00
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 12 to 16 ft, locally higher at steep-sloped beaches with breaking wave heights of 15 to 20 ft. * WHERE...San Francisco, Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes