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Capitola Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 10 Dec 2025 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
13.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Capitola Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for Capitola Rivermouth at 8AM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am December 10). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (10 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (10 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
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 (?)
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
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
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)111616111111151515151515141413131313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)102020101010171738383838161414313131313134343129
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
0
NE
5
WNW
5
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffglassglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
1.78
2:11PM
1.76
4:24AM
1.85
3:29PM
1.56
5:05AM
1.91
4:57PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
1.23
9:15PM
0.44
10:23AM
1.12
10:01PM
0.62
11:40AM
0.95
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sunrise---7:09-------7:09-------7:11----
Sunset-----4:51-------4:51-------4:51--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121212172120161615151419222117161515141822211716
Feels °C (?)888141918131312121016201914131212111520191514
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