The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 10 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 2.5°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 8PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)--
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)15151516161616161616161616891010101010109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23928735841241249949940239735735335338993213061586149512771037755605441380370
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
S
10
SE
25
S
30
SSW
35
S
25
W
30
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassoncross-
on
onononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:36PM
1.13
5:24AM
1.25
8:40PM
1.16
6:37AM
1.24
8:51PM
1.21
7:44AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:02PM
0.13
12:51AM
0.94
12:56PM
0.09
1:37AM
0.77
1:39PM
0.06
2:17AM
0.58
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise------6:39-------6:37-------6:37-
Sunset-7:37-------7:38-------7:38------
thunderstorm
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-11111111145222211------
Temp. °C16151414131312141514101212121213141312111091013
Feels °C (?)131011131211109985667888910987911
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