Capitola Jetty Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.97° N 121.95° W

Capitola Jetty 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Capitola Jetty sea temperature is
18.4°C
4.4° 

Capitola Jetty surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Capitola Jetty today (03 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Capitola Jetty at 7AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 03). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (03 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (03 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1.4
W
11
1.4
W
11
1.5
W
10
1.6
W
10
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
1.2
W
12
0.8
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.7
WNW
15
0.5
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
551
544
544
498
491
415
442
434
461
504
344
330
432
226
173
173
173
175
175
133
0
105
70
68
67
103
104
Wind (km/h)
5
S
10
SW
10
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
E
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
N
10
NE
10
NE
5
NW
0
W
5
W
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:19AM1.87m
5:43PM1.73m
6:54AM1.97m
6:55PM1.69m
7:25AM2.06m
7:58PM1.67m
Low Tide
11:22PM0.42m
12:11PM1.01m
00:11AM0.53m
1:10PM0.80m
00:54AM0.65m
1:59PM0.60m
1:33AM0.78m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
15
15
15
15
17
15
15
14
13
12
16
20
20
15
14
13
13
13
18
21
20
17
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
15
13
13
12
12
16
15
15
14
12
10
15
18
17
13
13
12
12
11
16
20
19
15
13
13
12
11
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