Capitola Jetty surf break

Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 02 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
14.0° C
(Which is 1.9°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 6PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212121213131819201919181818181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61403937233723373839394244616667117114159155160154152287
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
5
N
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
WNW
10
W
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
WSW
10
WSW
0
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:45AM
1.76
11:26PM
2.06
12:33PM
1.68
11:53PM
2.05
1:24PM
1.59
12:21AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:32AM
0.48
5:19PM
0.84
6:12AM
0.42
5:47PM
0.98
6:53AM
0.41
6:16PM
1.11
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise6:52-------6:50-------6:48-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:30-------7:31----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11151818131110910172122171414141522242419171616
Feels °C (?)811131399867141819151111101219212118161313
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