When will the power be back in Watsonville, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Watsonville is a city of about 51,320 residents in Santa Cruz County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Watsonville by name, so this page reports the Santa Cruz County county-wide view, which covers Watsonville. If a serving utility does name Watsonville during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Watsonville:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Watsonville: the closest other places we track are Gilroy, about 12 miles to the northeast; Santa Cruz, about 15 miles to the west; Scotts Valley, about 16 miles to the northwest; and Morgan Hill, about 16 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Marina (16 mi S), Salinas (18 mi SE), Seaside (21 mi S), Hollister (21 mi E), Pacific Grove (22 mi SW), Monterey (23 mi S), Los Gatos (24 mi NW) and San Jose (27 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Campbell (27 mi); northeast toward Patterson (51 mi); east toward Los Banos (52 mi); southeast toward Soledad (41 mi); and northwest toward Saratoga (28 mi).
Who serves Watsonville?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in Santa Cruz County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Central Coast Community Energy also serves parts of Santa Cruz County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Watsonville's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 168 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours.
- Oct 6 — 168 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 26 — 87 customers out, restored in 10 hours
- Sep 18 — 55 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 16 — 66 customers out, restored in 5 hours
County context: across all of Santa Cruz County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 7.3 hr. The full record for Santa Cruz County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Watsonville, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Watsonville's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Watsonville, CA?
To check your own street, search a Watsonville ZIP code — 95076 or 95077 — and the map opens on that area.
