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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 am Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Capitola Rivermouth today?
The current surf forecast for Capitola Rivermouth at 11AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 03). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (03 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
| Evening (03 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Capitola Rivermouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 316 | 324 | 318 | 326 | 348 | 357 | 362 | 348 | 348 | 284 | 280 | 339 | 336 | 364 | 291 | 369 | 343 | 236 | 236 | 326 | 290 | 337 | 337 | 283 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | glass | on | on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:46AM 1.52 | 7:39PM 2.01 | 10:05AM 1.58 | 8:27PM 2.08 | 10:25AM 1.65 | 9:13PM 2.12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:36AM 0.40 | 1:39PM 1.32 | 3:12AM 0.31 | 2:29PM 1.23 | 3:45AM 0.26 | 3:15PM 1.10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:30 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 16 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz
Continuing clean conditions at Capitola Rivermouth (calm at Capitola 1 km from Capitola Rivermouth). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 17s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 40 min ago
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