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Cowells Cove surf break

Cowells Cove surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 PST
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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
14.1° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 1AM is: 0.2m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 20). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (21 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.4
SW
0.6
WNW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)111118141616161616161312121515151514141314131713
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23718931206265651006525173473418484845454035044044
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
S
10
SSW
5
E
5
SSW
5
E
0
N
5
NW
5
N
5
E
5
SW
5
W
0
N
5
NNE
5
NE
0
NNW
0
NE
5
SE
5
S
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		glasscrossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:36AM
1.33
11:10AM
1.56
1:01AM
1.39
11:54AM
1.43
1:29AM
1.46
12:47PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:21PM
-0.18
5:17AM
0.80
5:49PM
-0.09
6:05AM
0.72
6:19PM
0.05
7:02AM
0.62
Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-----7:16-------7:16-------7:16--
Sunset-------5:21-------5:22-------5:22
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515151515151513131313121415171412121110121415
Feels °C (?)141313131313131412121312101213161411111110111313
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