Capitola Jetty surf break

Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 12 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
14.8° C
(Which is 2.6°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 8PM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)--
Afternoon (12 Apr)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (12 Apr)7ft (2.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010101010151514141414141414141616161616131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)112911541045882711550228222160152107149156158158149146147147147102101145160
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
0
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
15
NW
10
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
SW
15
WSW
20
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
N
0
NE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
1.72
7:49AM
1.76
9:04PM
1.83
8:45AM
1.78
9:26PM
1.96
9:39AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:55PM
0.52
2:15AM
1.10
2:28PM
0.54
2:58AM
0.89
3:01PM
0.59
3:41AM
0.67
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise------6:35-------6:35-------6:33-
Sunset-7:38-------7:39-------7:40------
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11111-------------------
Temp. °C141412111110101416171210991013161612988913
Feels °C (?)91010101099121212887891112119666812
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