Capitola Jetty surf break

Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 06 Mar 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.0°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 4PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 06). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (06 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (06 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)151515151514141313131313131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)383838381716363535313131313130292827262929111125
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NE
10
NW
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
0
E
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ESE
5
SW
5
WSW
0
N
5
ENE
5
NNW
0
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:23PM
1.67
12:18AM
1.95
1:19PM
1.52
12:49AM
1.92
2:29PM
1.40
1:25AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:17AM
0.62
6:01PM
0.86
7:06AM
0.62
6:28PM
1.02
8:01AM
0.64
6:55PM
1.16
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise6:31-------6:30-------6:28-------
Sunset---6:06-------6:07-------6:07----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101417191513121111162021171514141318212016141413
Feels °C (?)71114161210988131818151311121116191816131413
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