Capitola Jetty surf break

Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 07 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
14.0° 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 6AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 07). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (08 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (08 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
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
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121212121212121211111111111122
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)313130292827292929111111111111111010101010101037
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
ENE
5
E
0
NNE
0
NW
5
ENE
0
SSE
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglassglasscrossglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:49AM
1.92
2:29PM
1.40
1:25AM
1.87
4:10PM
1.34
2:10AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:28PM
1.02
8:01AM
0.64
6:55PM
1.16
9:06AM
0.66
7:23PM
1.27
10:21AM
0.66
Sat
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise----6:28-------6:26-------6:26---
Sunset-------6:07-------6:08-------6:09
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181615141420222216141413121620191411101111131616
Feels °C (?)17151312111920211713141312161919141091110121415
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