The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 05 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
14.0° C
(Which is 1.9°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 6AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


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Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)161615151515151515141414141414141414181813181313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)251314294283279275275208205268264192184181179179179132123123128898787
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
5
E
5
NE
5
NW
0
ENE
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
10
NNE
5
N
0
NNW
5
NE
5
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
0
NNE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
1.48
3:45PM
1.01
1:20AM
1.45
2:04AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
0.86
7:51AM
0.05
6:39PM
0.97
8:41AM
0.11
9:43AM
0.16
Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise----6:47-------6:45-------6:43---
Sunset-------7:34-------7:35-------7:36
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171514131316191915131211111621211714131213172020
Feels °C (?)171513121315171613111110101418171312111112151816
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