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The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 23 Jan 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
14.0° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 2PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (23 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)141317161615151515151414141414131313121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)273187200190248302357347422857734714714577529434350339256248195137127127
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
NW
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
SE
5
SSW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassonglassglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
1.27
2:01AM
1.54
1:54PM
1.10
2:39AM
1.63
3:29PM
0.97
3:24AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
0.62
6:51PM
0.23
8:09AM
0.51
7:26PM
0.44
9:25AM
0.38
8:07PM
0.66
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise-7:16-------7:16-------7:15------
Sunset---5:22-------5:23-------5:24----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101113131111101010131516131212121214151514141313
Feels °C (?)1010121210109881213139888811131412121211
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