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Capitola Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 16 Jan 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 1.6°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 4PM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (16 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.3
SSW
0.5
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)151313131514141414141411181616131215141413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22506421402441937384041409122726733934725225084534404342929
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
0
NW
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffglassglassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:05AM
2.15
10:39PM
1.52
8:44AM
2.20
11:09PM
1.55
9:22AM
2.22
11:39PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42PM
0.21
2:34AM
1.27
4:17PM
0.17
3:14AM
1.24
4:50PM
0.15
3:56AM
1.22
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-7:18-------7:18-------7:18------
Sunset---5:15-------5:15-------5:16----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151822211716151514172121171716161518212117161414
Feels °C (?)121620191514121211141920151413131216192015131111
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