The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 07 Mar 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
14.1° C
(Which is 1.8°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 10PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)--
Afternoon (07 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)1091010101099913121291010101010101010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)269176226179196221217212168181436500272563678665665732763867884859892815
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
5
NW
5
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
W
10
W
5
NW
5
ENE
5
NW
0
WNW
0
N
0
S
10
W
10
WSW
0
ENE
5
NNE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
1.06
12:42AM
1.48
2:23PM
0.97
1:14AM
1.47
1:55AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:14PM
0.66
7:34AM
0.24
6:30PM
0.83
8:33AM
0.28
9:46AM
0.29
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise------6:28-------6:28-------6:26-
Sunset-6:07-------6:07-------6:08------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202118161515151921211614141312151716131110101113
Feels °C (?)1818161413131218191916131413121515151310991012
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