Capitola Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 05 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
14.1° C
(Which is 2.0°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 4AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)161616151515151515141414141414141414181818181813
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1831782312832792121531531502032001891361321321321328915415485898791
Wind
(km/h)
0
S
5
E
5
NE
0
WNW
5
E
5
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
NE
0
NNE
0
NE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
0
NW
0
ENE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassonononglassoffglassglassglassoncross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
1.96
3:33PM
1.44
1:28AM
1.89
5:10PM
1.42
2:12AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:44PM
1.21
8:26AM
0.48
7:13PM
1.31
9:23AM
0.53
7:47PM
1.38
10:29AM
0.57
Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise----6:46-------6:45-------6:43---
Sunset-------7:34-------7:35-------7:36
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171414131317191915121111111721221713121213182121
Feels °C (?)171314131316161614101010101518191411111112171918
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