The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 05 Mar 2026 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
14.6° C
(Which is 2.2°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 9AM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)6ft (1.9m)9s
Afternoon (05 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s
Evening (05 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
4
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
W
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)1389101010101011111111111110101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)843434746381307943106113001287119497288780780765958155949040234626926996168
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
5
N
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
1.47
11:33AM
1.31
11:54PM
1.48
12:21PM
1.18
12:17AM
1.48
1:13PM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:22AM
0.24
5:21PM
0.26
6:03AM
0.21
5:49PM
0.46
6:46AM
0.22
6:14PM
0.66
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise--6:33-------6:31-------6:31-----
Sunset-----6:05-------6:06-------6:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
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. °C109914171812111110914161915131211111619211816
Feels °C (?)77711131388108612131513109881317181614
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