Capitola Jetty Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

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Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 17.1° C
(Which is 2.2°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 12PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	15s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	15	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	165	161	142	111	158	156	103	92	100	92	95	95	96	92	100	100	100	99	88	85	83	75	104	82
Wind (km/h)	SW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SE	SE	SSW	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	S	ENE	ENE	ENE	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	NE	ENE	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:42AM 1.74				8:48PM 2.04				10:10AM 1.80				9:36PM 2.01				10:35AM 1.86				10:21PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)				2:55PM 1.03				3:40AM 0.32				3:41PM 0.91				4:13AM 0.40				4:23PM 0.79				4:43AM 0.51

	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	19	21	19	17	16	16	17	17	21	22	21	17	16	16	15	16	22	23	23	18	16	16	16
Feels °C (?)	17	19	21	18	18	17	17	18	18	21	21	20	17	17	17	16	17	22	22	22	19	16	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Capitola Jetty (calm at Capitola 0 km from Capitola Jetty). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 12s groundswell, also from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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