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Cowells Cove Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Cruz (30 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Cowells Cove surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
14.8° C
(Which is 2.6°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 4PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 14). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (14 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 16s |
| Evening (14 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Cowells Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 158 | 149 | 146 | 147 | 147 | 147 | 102 | 69 | 145 | 116 | 165 | 188 | 123 | 123 | 86 | 86 | 118 | 120 | 118 | 116 | 113 | 107 | 147 | 151 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | glass | glass | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:45AM 1.25 | 9:31PM 1.39 | 9:44AM 1.26 | 9:56PM 1.50 | 10:40AM 1.27 | 10:25PM 1.61 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:52PM 0.11 | 3:31AM 0.15 | 3:26PM 0.20 | 4:09AM -0.06 | 4:01PM 0.32 | 4:50AM -0.24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Fri 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:43 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
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