Capitola Jetty surf break

Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 28 Feb 2026 PST
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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
14.0° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)16161616151515151515141414141410109999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)132868512416316115915711010910710610397100158154171160189184195157127
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
0
ENE
15
W
5
SSW
0
SE
5
E
0
E
0
NNE
5
NE
5
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
10
SW
10
W
10
NNW
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrossonglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
2.21
9:24PM
1.71
8:22AM
2.22
9:55PM
1.79
9:12AM
2.18
10:24PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
0.14
2:21AM
1.04
3:24PM
0.16
3:12AM
0.92
4:00PM
0.24
3:59AM
0.81
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:37-------
Sunset---6:00-------6:00-------6:01----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C172222201615141413161717141212111113171714121211
Feels °C (?)162220201716151513161514131112101012151512111110
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