Capitola Jetty surf break

Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 01 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
13.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
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
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131212121212121212121313181920
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)636362624487878561413937232323373838394244616667
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
15
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
W
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:57AM
1.84
11:01PM
2.04
11:45AM
1.76
11:26PM
2.06
12:33PM
1.68
11:53PM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
0.70
5:32AM
0.48
5:19PM
0.84
6:12AM
0.42
5:47PM
0.98
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise6:54-------6:52-------6:50-------
Sunset---7:29-------7:30-------7:30----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C1415161614131311914171712998916212217141313
Feels °C (?)13131313131211861011117665613181915121010
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