The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 PDT
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The Rivermouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Rivermouth sea temperature is
14.6° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for The Rivermouth at 5PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

Table - waves today at The Rivermouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141813131313161616161619161616181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1841811791791791321291231281268787127173173127173146237234234348399491
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
SW
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
NE
5
ENE
5
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
S
15
SW
15
SW
5
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:04AM
1.41
3:00AM
1.35
8:40PM
1.12
4:09AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
0.11
9:43AM
0.16
10:55AM
0.16
11:46PM
1.05
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise6:45-------6:43-------6:41-------
Sunset---7:35-------7:36-------7:37----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C101520211715131314182121181614141417181715151414
Feels °C (?)91417181513121313171918171614141416161515151414
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