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Capitola Jetty Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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) & Date | Wave Height | Wave 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)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 116 | 105 | 99 | 165 | 190 | 68 | 90 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 678 | 566 | 80 | 140 | 149 | 145 | 124 | 111 | 91 | 244 | 298 | 219 | 147 | 129 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | off |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:47 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
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