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Capitola Rivermouth in Santa Cruz is a sheltered beach/Jetty break that has reasonably consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the southwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around low tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Surfing here means negotiating dangerous rips.

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Overall Capitola Rivermouth Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Capitola Rivermouth:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Beer Can Beach	0 mi
Second closest break	Capitola Jetty	0 mi
Third closest break	Sharks Cove/The Hook	0 mi
Fourth closest break	Pleasure Point-Insides	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Pleasure Point-Second Peak	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Capitola Rivermouth:
Closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	28 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	58 mi
Third closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	73 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Cape San Martin Buoy	85 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	114 mi
Tide stations nearest to Capitola Rivermouth:
Closest tide station	Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California	4 mi
Second closest tide station	Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California (sub)	4 mi
Third closest tide station	Santa Cruz, California	4 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough railroad bridge, Monterery Bay, Cali	14 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough railroad bridge, California	14 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Capitola Rivermouth:
Closest ski area	Badger Pass Ski Area (United States)	135 mi
Second closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	138 mi
Third closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	148 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sierra Summit Mountain Resort (United States)	155 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	158 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Capitola Rivermouth:
Closest city location	Capitola (United States)	1 mi
Second closest city location	Opal Cliffs (United States)	1 mi
Third closest city location	Soquel (United States)	1 mi
Fourth closest city location	Live Oak (United States)	2 mi
Fifth closest city location	Twin Lakes (United States)	2 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Capitola Rivermouth is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 44 km (27 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Capitola Rivermouth is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ), also in USA, 50 km (31 miles) away.
• Third is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 81 km (50 miles) away.
• Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK) in USA is 87 km (54 miles) away.
• Modesto City Co Harry Sham Airport (MOD), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Capitola Rivermouth and is 115 km (71 miles) away.