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Capitola Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
14.2° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 11AM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 23s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (07 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1514141414551313131313151515151515131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)381616151942541717141413212121211717173435353535
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NE
5
N
5
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
E
0
S
5
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		glassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:53AM
1.80
12:45PM
1.90
2:35AM
1.84
1:44PM
1.66
3:16AM
1.88
2:56PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
1.12
7:41PM
0.38
8:21AM
1.07
8:18PM
0.59
9:40AM
0.99
8:55PM
0.79
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---7:20-------7:20-------7:20----
Sunset-----5:06-------5:07-------5:07--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1211111315141110111091013129876681213109
Feels °C (?)1110101111118775568864322491175
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