Cowells Cove Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (36.96° N 122.03° W)

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Cowells Cove surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 13 Sep 2025 PDT

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Cowells Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Cowells Cove sea temperature is 16.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cowells Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Cowells Cove at 12AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 13). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (14 Sep)	-	-
Evening (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	13s

Table - waves today at Cowells Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Sat 13		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	118	84	123	178	136	136	136	183	175	161	156	114	114	114	99	99	186	186	183	244	329	326	307	304
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNE	N	ENE	WSW	WNW	NW	NNW	N	NE	N	NE	SW	SW	SW	SSE	ENE	ENE	N	NE	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					6:40AM 1.16			4:05PM 1.72						8:01AM 1.26			5:21PM 1.69					8:49AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		10:26PM 0.03				9:48AM 1.08					11:48PM 0.01				11:43AM 1.09				1:02AM -0.03				1:06PM 0.99

	Sat 13		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	15	14	15	20	24	24	21	18	16	16	17	22	24	24	19	19	19	20	20	24	25	25
Feels °C (?)	16	15	16	14	16	20	25	23	21	19	17	17	17	21	23	23	20	19	19	20	20	23	24	24

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cowells Cove (calm at Santa Cruz 2 km from Cowells Cove). 0.3m 13s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.
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