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Capitola Rivermouth Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Capitola Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 23 Mar 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Capitola Rivermouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Capitola Rivermouth 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 Rivermouth today?
The current surf forecast for Capitola Rivermouth at 9PM is: 0.5m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Mar) | - | - |
| Afternoon (23 Mar) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 19s |
| Evening (23 Mar) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 19s |
Table - waves today at Capitola Rivermouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 97 | 184 | 184 | 183 | 179 | 161 | 155 | 154 | 154 | 209 | 249 | 249 | 246 | 197 | 132 | 129 | 127 | 196 | 171 | 169 | 169 | 166 | 121 | 118 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | off | glass | glass | cross- off | glass | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:50PM 1.46 | 2:24AM 2.12 | 5:31PM 1.45 | 3:30AM 2.05 | 7:01PM 1.51 | 4:50AM 1.99 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:55PM 1.21 | 10:13AM 0.33 | 9:00PM 1.32 | 11:30AM 0.33 | 10:40PM 1.36 | |||||||||||||||||||
Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 25 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 23 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
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