Capitola Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 07 Mar 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
14.1° C
(Which is 1.8°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 11PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm March 07). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)--
Afternoon (07 Mar)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (07 Mar)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)131313131313131212121212121212121212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)313131313029282729292911111111111111101010101010
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
5
NW
5
N
5
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
WSW
10
W
0
NNW
5
ENE
0
NNW
0
S
0
E
5
S
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassoffoffglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
off
glassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:19PM
1.52
12:49AM
1.92
2:29PM
1.40
1:25AM
1.87
4:10PM
1.34
2:10AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:28PM
1.02
8:01AM
0.64
6:55PM
1.16
9:06AM
0.66
7:23PM
1.27
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise------6:28-------6:26-------6:26-
Sunset-6:07-------6:07-------6:08------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212118161514141922221614141312161817131110101013
Feels °C (?)191916151312121821211613141312161716121099912
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