The Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 10 Jul 2025 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
13.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for The Rivermouth at 7PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)--
Afternoon (10 Jul)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (10 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)88888999999991010101010101616101010101015161010101010161010910101010101010101099181717161616161616161010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)307333385355392436434476469468438448463545564523557513498464456431489499494491426442400378341345327364354319249415455488573617583673593550534508643725574549489479478463471490493517
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
SSW
0
ENE
0
NNW
0
W
0
SE
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
S
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
SSE
0
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
ESE
0
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
0
W
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
1.24
10:23PM
1.75
1:18PM
1.25
11:03PM
1.73
1:43PM
1.26
11:45PM
1.66
2:10PM
1.30
12:29AM
1.56
2:39PM
1.36
1:20AM
1.41
3:10PM
1.44
2:19AM
1.24
3:45PM
1.54
3:35AM
1.07
4:24PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:31PM
1.03
5:38AM
-0.29
5:08PM
0.99
6:10AM
-0.30
5:49PM
0.93
6:43AM
-0.27
6:39PM
0.86
7:18AM
-0.18
7:37PM
0.77
7:53AM
-0.04
8:45PM
0.65
8:31AM
0.15
10:00PM
0.50
9:14AM
0.37
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Sunrise------5:56-------5:58-------5:58-------5:58-------6:00-------6:00-------6:01-----
Sunset--8:29-------8:29-------8:28-------8:28-------8:28-------8:27-------8:27-------8:25-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212015131212131719181513121212161717141212121317181815131312141819181413121213151615141212111216171715141312131719201813
Feels °C (?)201915131212131618171513111111141516141212121316161714131312131718171313111112131514131111101214151514141311131617191713
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