The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 25 Dec 2025 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
14.4° C
(Which is 1.9°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 11PM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm December 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)--
Afternoon (25 Dec)--
Evening (25 Dec)13ft (4.0m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
4
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
W
4.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)101010111011141414131211111010109999991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)261125512771249321632481655473744828303522541394117010077571063400337301257190188175175
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:12AM
1.41
1:54PM
1.19
3:46AM
1.50
3:19PM
1.04
4:24AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:38PM
0.06
8:51AM
0.83
8:20PM
0.22
10:11AM
0.63
9:07PM
0.41
11:19AM
0.39
Thu
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Sunrise-----7:18-------7:18-------7:20--
Sunset-------4:57-------4:58-------4:58
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
152111112---------------
Temp. °C141313131213131212121111111112131110988101313
Feels °C (?)6988787710987679108865581110
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