The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 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
15.7° 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 4PM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)3ft (0.9m)17s
Afternoon (18 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (18 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)181716161616151514141413131313171216151414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45462787097411367968807526875854804343572692154756271766156814551178824824812
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
SE
5
SW
5
SW
0
SW
5
SE
0
N
0
E
5
NE
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
NNE
5
ENE
0
NNW
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40AM
1.52
9:43PM
1.31
10:03AM
1.54
10:34PM
1.27
10:22AM
1.55
11:23PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:33PM
0.28
3:26AM
0.28
4:10PM
0.15
3:57AM
0.41
4:43PM
0.06
4:26AM
0.56
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise7:18-------7:18-------7:20-------
Sunset---6:27-------6:25-------6:24----
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. °C172123211817161616192119161515151521232118171717
Feels °C (?)152021191816161615181918151515151420211918171616
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Cruz

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Rivermouth (calm at Santa Cruz wx 2 km from The Rivermouth). 0.4m 12s groundswell from the S to make surfable waves.

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