Capitola Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 25 Feb 2026 PST
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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
13.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 25). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1010109999999999999881888171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39139939938332928724220316816512710610883535235326116165992134
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
0
S
5
E
0
WSW
5
SW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NE
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
ENE
5
W
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
2.07
7:24PM
1.45
5:19AM
2.11
8:13PM
1.54
6:28AM
2.16
8:51PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:06PM
0.35
10:51PM
1.31
1:09PM
0.24
12:18AM
1.27
2:00PM
0.17
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:41-----
Sunset-----5:57-------5:58-------5:59--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151414161818171515151518212217161616162022232018
Feels °C (?)151514171919181616151518212117161515152022232017
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