Capitola Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 28 Mar 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
13.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Capitola Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for Capitola Rivermouth at 4AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
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 (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121312121212121212151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)696969686661595960606261605857564838355655547675
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
ENE
10
W
5
NNW
5
NE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
10
SW
5
SW
5
W
5
E
5
NW
5
NNE
0
ENE
0
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassonglassglassglasscrossglassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:13PM
1.78
8:25AM
1.98
9:42PM
1.86
9:19AM
1.95
10:10PM
1.94
10:09AM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
1.02
3:11PM
0.36
3:26AM
0.86
3:47PM
0.45
4:10AM
0.70
4:20PM
0.57
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise----6:58-------6:56-------6:54---
Sunset-------7:27-------7:28-------7:29
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151516171723262719191717161921191515141413151716
Feels °C (?)141414151522232518171514141619181414131312131414
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