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 4 pm Sunday 14 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 9PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 14). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Evening (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

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

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	Sunday 14				Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	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	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	136	183	175	161	156	114	114	114	99	188	186	186	183	244	329	326	307	304	220	277	264	260	260	254
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NE	SW	SW	SW	SSE	E	E	NNE	E	SW	SW	WSW	E	ENE	NE	NNW	W	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:05PM 1.72						8:01AM 1.26			5:21PM 1.69					8:49AM 1.35			6:39PM 1.66					9:26AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)					11:48PM 0.01				11:43AM 1.09				1:02AM -0.03				1:06PM 0.99					2:01AM -0.07

	Sunday 14				Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	21	18	16	16	17	22	24	24	19	19	19	19	20	25	26	25	20	20	20	21	21	24
Feels °C (?)	25	24	22	19	18	17	17	22	23	23	20	19	19	19	19	24	24	23	20	19	19	19	20	23

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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). 1.0m 13s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.6m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 17s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 54 min ago

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Clean

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