The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 25 Nov 2025 PST
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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
14.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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 4PM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (25 Nov)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (25 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131212121212121211101010111111111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)72459549946138437831223720615815812312311710592114105105135103149278579
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
offglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13PM
1.50
4:01AM
1.24
1:07PM
1.39
4:31AM
1.29
2:15PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
1.18
7:36PM
0.00
7:49AM
1.15
8:26PM
0.06
9:44AM
1.02
9:18PM
0.13
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
Sunrise6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------
Sunset---4:52-------4:52-------4:52----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111518181514131313172019161615151517202016151413
Feels °C (?)81216161110998131816121211111114171713111111
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