Capitola Jetty surf break

Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 20 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
14.2° C
(Which is 2.1°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: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (20 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.9
W
0.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.1
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1381366613121212121166777771818181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1161059916519068908685836785668014014914512411191244298219147129
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
NW
10
N
5
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44PM
1.57
1:06AM
2.25
4:04PM
1.55
2:05AM
2.14
5:22PM
1.59
3:15AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:47AM
0.07
6:53PM
1.25
8:49AM
0.12
7:55PM
1.33
9:56AM
0.19
9:21PM
1.37
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise6:26-------6:26-------6:24-------
Sunset---7:45-------7:46-------7:47----
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--113372223111----------
Temp. °C13161515131312121314131412111111111314161311109
Feels °C (?)111311111113111110101099889101111129998
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