The Rivermouth Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Cruz, USA)

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The Rivermouth Spot ID:

Type: sandbar

Reliability: rarely breaks

Best: Swell NW | Wind N

Sea Temperature Today is: 12.5 °C

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Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 14:39 Local time

m, °C	Tue		Wed
ft, °F	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Wave (m)	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period (s)	9	9	10	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

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The Rivermouth in Santa Cruz is a sheltered beach break. Winter is the best time of year for surfing here. Offshore winds are from the north. Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the northwest. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Best around low tide. It's often crowded here. Hazards include rocks, obstacles, pollution, rips.

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California wave energy surf 12 hr forecast

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Santa Cruz, California, 0 miles from The Rivermouth.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
HIGH TIDE
LOW TIDE

The Rivermouth Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At SHIP4892, 18 km from The Rivermouth.

strong winds from the NNW

km/h

Air temperature
10.0 °C

Current weather near The Rivermouth

Buoy Data:

At Monterey Buoy, 24 miles from The Rivermouth.

	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	12	11	11	10

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Overall The Rivermouth Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

This picture shows the range of swells directed at The Rivermouth over a normal May. It... (show all text)

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The two graphs above are also combined in the single The Rivermouth surf consistency graph.

Also see The Rivermouth surf quality by season and The Rivermouth surf quality by month.

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Surf spots located close to The Rivermouth

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to The Rivermouth: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Cowells Cove	1 mi
Second closest break	Indicators	1 mi
Third closest break	Santa Cruz Harbour	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Mitchell's Cove	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to The Rivermouth:
Closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	24 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	85 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	113 mi
Tide stations nearest to The Rivermouth:
Closest tide station	Santa Cruz	0 mi
Second closest tide station	Elkhorn Slough railroad bridge	16 mi
Third closest tide station	Elkhorn Yacht Club	16 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Moss Landing	17 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Kirby Park, Elkhorn Slough	17 mi
Ski Resorts closest to The Rivermouth:
Closest ski area	Badger Pass Ski Area (United States)	138 mi
Second closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	141 mi
Third closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	151 mi
Fourth closest ski area	China Peak Mountain Resort (United States)	158 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	160 mi
Town and city forecasts close to The Rivermouth:
Closest city location	Santa Cruz (United States)	1 mi
Second closest city location	Watsonville (United States)	15 mi
Third closest city location	Los Gatos (United States)	18 mi
Fourth closest city location	Saratoga (United States)	21 mi
Fifth closest city location	Campbell (United States)	22 mi

The closest passenger airport to The Rivermouth is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 45 km (28 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to The 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, 80 km (50 miles) away.
Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK) in USA is 86 km (53 miles) away.
Modesto City Co Harry Sham Airport (MOD), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to The Rivermouth and is 119 km (74 miles) away.

The Rivermouth break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for The Rivermouth, CAL - Santa Cruz. Use the tab navigation above to view The Rivermouth sea temperature, The Rivermouth photographs, The Rivermouth detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, The Rivermouth webcams, current wind from CAL - Santa Cruz live weather stations and The Rivermouth 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 The Rivermouth.

The Rivermouth Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Santa Cruz, USA)

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Overall The Rivermouth Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

The Rivermouth Location Maps

Visitor Reviews of The Rivermouth

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