The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 14 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
14.8° C
(Which is 2.6°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: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 14). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (14 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (14 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)988888877131414141515151569141414149
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)413232207183161202175147127100143158165188188123125109475120118116113497
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
N
5
N
5
WSW
15
W
25
WNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
W
10
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
1.25
9:31PM
1.39
9:44AM
1.26
9:56PM
1.50
10:40AM
1.27
10:25PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:54AM
0.37
2:52PM
0.11
3:31AM
0.15
3:26PM
0.20
4:09AM
-0.06
4:01PM
0.32
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise--6:35-------6:33-------6:31-----
Sunset-----7:40-------7:42-------7:43--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111010141616129999141818131213991417181211
Feels °C (?)10991213108677813151491010558101167
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