Capitola Jetty surf break

Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 PDT
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Capitola Jetty surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Capitola Jetty sea temperature is
14.6° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Capitola Jetty today?

The current surf forecast for Capitola Jetty at 4PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.7m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

Table - waves today at Capitola Jetty. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)16161616161616910111110101010101515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41240739739228435334881715141983188814361087792640550228167160152107149156158
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
20
S
30
SSW
30
S
10
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
N
5
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
20
WNW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:42AM
1.72
8:29PM
1.64
6:49AM
1.74
8:46PM
1.72
7:49AM
1.76
9:04PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
0.53
1:28AM
1.27
1:55PM
0.52
2:15AM
1.10
2:28PM
0.54
2:58AM
0.89
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:39-------6:37-------6:35-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:38-------7:39----
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1111112122321------------
Temp. °C13151615111212111213131412111010101415161310109
Feels °C (?)11121099776799111099991212119887
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