Surf Forecast Surf Report

Capitola Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 09 May 2025 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
13.9° 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 9AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am May 09). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 May)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (09 May)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Evening (09 May)2ft (0.6m)19s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161615152020191919191818181817161616161616161515151518181818181817161616161616161515151515141414141414191618181818181414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2232151931231391942731921241201622273042251548981188186188144142109109109109818015415412315013817517326422922620316217614414214214214013813613312712196661308384821247980
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
0
WNW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
0
NNW
0
ENE
0
E
10
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
E
5
SE
10
SW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
0
WSW
5
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
0
W
10
SW
15
SW
20
W
15
WNW
5
NNW
0
NNW
0
ENE
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
0
S
5
ENE
5
E
0
NNW
0
S
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41AM
1.58
9:17PM
2.03
10:31AM
1.58
9:41PM
2.07
11:18AM
1.58
10:07PM
2.09
12:06PM
1.57
10:36PM
2.10
12:55PM
1.55
11:06PM
2.09
1:49PM
1.52
11:39PM
2.06
2:48PM
1.50
12:15AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:37AM
0.62
3:01PM
0.92
4:12AM
0.48
3:31PM
1.02
4:47AM
0.37
4:02PM
1.12
5:23AM
0.30
4:33PM
1.20
6:01AM
0.27
5:03PM
1.27
6:41AM
0.27
5:34PM
1.33
7:25AM
0.29
6:06PM
1.38
8:11AM
0.32
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise--6:05-------6:03-------6:03-------6:01-------6:01-------6:00-------6:00-------5:58-
Sunset------8:02-------8:04-------8:05-------8:06-------8:06-------8:07-------8:07-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C16161824252416161615162123221713111112171917131110101112151512109101214141613109810141516139991014161713111091115
Feels °C (?)141315212222151414131419212015121010111414121098910111111877911111112987691111121078891214151310981013
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