When will the power be back in Watsonville, CA?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Sep 4, 11,431 completed outages have been graded this way — typical (median) error 1.8 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.3 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Watsonville, California — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Watsonville is a city in Santa Cruz County; when the serving utility's own outage map reports Watsonville directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
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: 95076 · 95077 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; 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), San Jose (27 mi N). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Campbell (27 mi); northeast toward Newman (49 mi); east toward Los Banos (52 mi); southeast toward Soledad (41 mi); 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. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Watsonville's last tracked outage began Sep 3, peaked at 470 customers out, and was restored in 9 hours.
- Sep 3 — 470 customers out, restored in 9 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Watsonville, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Watsonville area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.
How do I check the power outage status in Watsonville, CA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Watsonville area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Watsonville ZIP code — 95076, 95077 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Watsonville, CA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Santa Cruz County include Pacific Gas & Electric; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Watsonville specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Santa Cruz County county-wide view, which covers Watsonville. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Watsonville by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Watsonville. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Gilroy (12 mi NE) is the closest place we track separately.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
