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Cowells Cove surf break

Cowells Cove surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 10 Feb 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
14.3° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 4AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 10). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Afternoon (11 Feb)8ft (2.4m)7s
Evening (11 Feb)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
2
S
3
S
2.4
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
1.3
W
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)67889977771818181310161616162019161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)963731268713589512586560301200178178123443535310214714700504485
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
25
SE
40
S
25
S
20
S
25
SSE
30
S
30
SSE
15
SE
15
S
5
SE
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
10
W
15
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
0
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		offoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02PM
1.13
4:49AM
1.53
9:26PM
1.20
5:50AM
1.57
9:48PM
1.24
6:46AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:18PM
1.09
1:00PM
0.17
12:32AM
1.09
1:46PM
0.06
1:24AM
1.04
2:25PM
-0.03
Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-----7:01-------7:00------6:58---
Sunset-------5:43-------5:44-------5:45
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
52222222246-------------
Temp. °C141313131213131212111111111314151412111010131616
Feels °C (?)1286888779810991112121110988131414
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