Capitola Jetty surf break

Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 10 Jul 2025 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
14.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5PM is: 0.4m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am July 10). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (10 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (10 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)19s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616171919191816161717171717171616161616161615151515151414161413141616151515212020141919191818181818171616161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)11915417995165167186166144143197206211213210207169176229232171167219204247244243246234223206169148172175166199133214144184234277340316341291287299266376365364351320294294291378302
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
0
SE
0
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SE
0
S
0
W
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
0
SSE
0
W
5
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
0
NE
5
NNE
0
NNE
0
E
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:28PM
1.54
10:30PM
2.23
1:02PM
1.57
11:10PM
2.21
1:35PM
1.61
11:51PM
2.14
2:08PM
1.67
12:36AM
2.02
2:41PM
1.74
1:27AM
1.86
3:15PM
1.83
2:29AM
1.67
3:51PM
1.92
3:46AM
1.49
4:32PM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:29AM
0.14
4:21PM
1.29
6:05AM
0.12
5:05PM
1.27
6:40AM
0.14
5:55PM
1.24
7:15AM
0.19
6:50PM
1.21
7:49AM
0.29
7:52PM
1.14
8:23AM
0.42
9:03PM
1.05
8:59AM
0.59
10:19PM
0.91
9:38AM
0.77
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Sunrise5:56-------5:56-------5:56-------5:58-------5:58-------5:58-------6:00-------6:01---
Sunset----8:29-------8:29-------8:28-------8:28-------8:27-------8:27-------8:25-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C142023221612121113192019151212121317181714121212141920191513131214192019151312121216181814121212131718181613121213182122
Feels °C (?)141922211612121113181918151111111215161614121212141819171413141214181818141312121115161713111111131616161514121213172021
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