Capitola Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 03 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
14.2° C
(Which is 2.1°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 3PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 03). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)121212131318192019191818181818171616161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3838394244616667117114159155160154152287347255185190183178170283
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NW
10
WSW
5
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
WSW
10
WSW
0
NNE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
0
SSW
5
E
5
NE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffoncross-
on
glassoffglassoffglassglassononglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
1.68
11:53PM
2.05
1:24PM
1.59
12:21AM
2.01
2:22PM
1.51
12:52AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12AM
0.42
5:47PM
0.98
6:53AM
0.41
6:16PM
1.11
7:37AM
0.43
6:44PM
1.21
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise6:50-------6:48-------6:48-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:31-------7:32----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101721221814151516222423191717161722232217141413
Feels °C (?)71418191612121112192119181515141520201917131312
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