Willows / Blue Banks (Santa Cruz Backside)
Willows / Blue Banks (Santa Cruz Backside)

Willows / Blue Banks (Santa Cruz Backside)

Diving Conditions Today
Fair-Good
Element Conditions · Updated 1 d ago

2 ft SSW swell at 14s is holding viz to 33 ft.

Visibility
30–35ft
Epic
Updated 1 d ago
Wind
13mph
W
15 mph
Onshore
NOAA HRRR·GFS · 4 hr ago
Swell
1.5ft
14s · SSW
NOAA GFS-Wave · 3 hr ago
Surf
2–3ft
Chest high
NOAA GFS-Wave · 3 hr ago
Current
0.4kt
ESE drift
Ocean model · 3 hr ago
Water temp
72°F
2 mm springsuit
Ocean model · 3 hr ago
Tide
12:35am-0.1ft
7:28am4.3ft
12:24pm2.6ft
6:14pm5.5ft
Now
3am6am9amNoon3pm6pm9pm
NOAA tides
97°H:97° L:72°·Clear
Dive reports
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About Willows / Blue Banks (Santa Cruz Backside)

Santa Cruz Island's exposed south shore, long kelp lines between the anchorages, big-fish water. Legality: Open coast. Gull Island SMR (no-take) sits mid-backside, GPS check required.

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