Capitola Jetty surf break

Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 30 Mar 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
13.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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 1PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 30). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212151515151515151414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)605857565656575655557575757470656363626244878785
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
E
5
ESE
5
SW
5
S
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
10
S
15
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19AM
1.95
10:10PM
1.94
10:09AM
1.91
10:35PM
2.00
10:57AM
1.84
11:01PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:47PM
0.45
4:10AM
0.70
4:20PM
0.57
4:52AM
0.57
4:50PM
0.70
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise6:56-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:28-------7:29-------7:29----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161818161514141414161615141312121215151513131312
Feels °C (?)151716151514141314151514131211111113131312111110
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