Mitchell's Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Cruz, USA)

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Mitchell's Cove Spot ID:

Type: reef and point

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell NW | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 12.6 °C

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Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 16:39 Local time

m, °C	Tuesday 18
ft, °F	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Wave (m)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross

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Mitchell's Cove in Santa Cruz is a sheltered reef and point break that has quite reliable surf. Winter is the optimum time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the northwest. Best around low tide when the tide is rising. Often Crowded. Hazards include rips, rocks and locals.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Santa Cruz, California, 2 miles from Mitchell's Cove.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
HIGH TIDE
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Mitchell's Cove Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At SHIP2434, 17 km from Mitchell's Cove.

strong winds from the NW

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Air temperature
12.6 °C

Current weather near Mitchell's Cove

Buoy Data:

At Monterey Buoy, 23 miles from Mitchell's Cove.

	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	8	8	14	8

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Overall Mitchell's Cove Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in June

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Mitchell's Cove: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Swift Street	0 mi
Second closest break	Cowells Cove	1 mi
Third closest break	Indicators	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Steamer Lane-The Point	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Mitchell's Cove:
Closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	23 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	55 mi
Third closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	71 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Cape San Martin Buoy	84 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	113 mi
Tide stations nearest to Mitchell's Cove:
Closest tide station	Santa Cruz	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Moss Landing	17 mi
Third closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough railroad bridge	17 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Elkhorn Yacht Club	17 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough, Highway 1 Bridge	17 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Mitchell's Cove:
Closest ski area	Badger Pass Ski Area (United States)	139 mi
Second closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	143 mi
Third closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	152 mi
Fourth closest ski area	China Peak Mountain Resort (United States)	160 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	162 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Mitchell's Cove:
Closest city location	Santa Cruz (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Watsonville (United States)	16 mi
Third closest city location	Los Gatos (United States)	19 mi
Fourth closest city location	Saratoga (United States)	22 mi
Fifth closest city location	Campbell (United States)	24 mi

The closest passenger airport to Mitchell's Cove is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 47 km (29 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Mitchell's Cove is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ), also in USA, 52 km (32 miles) away.
Third is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 80 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 Mitchell's Cove and is 122 km (76 miles) away.

Mitchell's Cove break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Mitchell's Cove, CAL - Santa Cruz. Use the tab navigation above to view Mitchell's Cove sea temperature, Mitchell's Cove photographs, Mitchell's Cove detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Mitchell's Cove webcams, current wind from CAL - Santa Cruz live weather stations and Mitchell's Cove tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Mitchell's Cove.

Mitchell's Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Cruz, USA)

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