The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
14.5° C
(Which is 2.4°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 8AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 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
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161689101110101010109999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41249949940239735735335345210892163213717921252949771618450388295308307193274
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
S
15
SE
25
S
30
S
35
S
25
WNW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
W
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
SW
15
W
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
onononcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24AM
1.25
8:40PM
1.16
6:37AM
1.24
8:51PM
1.21
7:44AM
1.24
9:09PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:51AM
0.94
12:56PM
0.09
1:37AM
0.77
1:39PM
0.06
2:17AM
0.58
2:17PM
0.06
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise--6:39-------6:37-------6:37-----
Sunset-----7:38-------7:38-------7:39--
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111111134212361----------
Temp. °C131313141514101212121212111312111110111415161311
Feels °C (?)121111109757776791110998912111198
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