Capitola Jetty surf break

Capitola Jetty surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 10 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
14.7° C
(Which is 2.6°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 9AM is: 0.8m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
1.9
W
Period(s) (?)1818181715151516161616161616161616891010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4044913953862391812294124124124124073973922843533485341162169013541175951696
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
25
WNW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:25AM
1.72
8:12PM
1.57
5:42AM
1.72
8:29PM
1.64
6:49AM
1.74
8:46PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
0.55
12:27AM
1.39
1:17PM
0.53
1:28AM
1.27
1:55PM
0.52
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise--6:41-------6:39-------6:37-----
Sunset-----7:37-------7:37-------7:38--
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-2211-1111111114434232---
Temp. °C141414151616141313131315151410111111121213141211
Feels °C (?)14141414121111111212111198576788891010
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