The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 24 Feb 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
13.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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 10AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (24 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (24 Feb)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1.2
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)109999910109109999999999914149
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2281731641692653674425175065284523933053052422031651381188684706738
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
10
SE
0
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
0
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
5
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
1.72
6:45PM
1.05
3:51AM
1.72
7:54PM
1.18
5:05AM
1.73
8:34PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
0.07
9:04PM
1.02
11:38AM
-0.03
11:07PM
1.06
12:47PM
-0.13
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--6:45-------6:43-------6:43-----
Sunset-----5:57-------5:58-------5:59--
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------15----------------
Temp. °C151514161716151313141416181917151414141820211816
Feels °C (?)141513151615141213141517181917151312131718191714
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