Surf Forecast Surf Report
Cowells Cove surf break

Cowells Cove surfForecast / CAL – Santa Cruz / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 26 Apr 2025 PDT
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Cowells Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cowells Cove sea temperature is
13.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cowells Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Cowells Cove at 9AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 26). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (26 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (26 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s

Table - waves today at Cowells Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616191818181818181716161620202016191818181818181716161616161616161616151515151414141414141413131313191919191919181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2802842802773294184183292491763403803713845075073732987806856395225224226256105555355355545294274214164113203042922842842802182182151601561451301289989148251332332246231207273395
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
ENE
0
NNE
10
SW
15
WSW
20
W
15
W
5
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
5
NE
0
NNE
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NNW
0
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
0
SSE
5
NE
0
N
0
N
5
NNW
5
WSW
15
W
25
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
WSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
WSW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrossglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:24AM
1.29
10:03PM
1.70
11:27AM
1.29
10:39PM
1.79
12:30PM
1.28
11:18PM
1.84
1:34PM
1.26
12:01AM
1.83
2:42PM
1.24
12:48AM
1.76
3:56PM
1.23
1:42AM
1.65
5:11PM
1.24
2:43AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
-0.16
3:39PM
0.31
4:35AM
-0.36
4:21PM
0.48
5:22AM
-0.48
5:03PM
0.64
6:11AM
-0.52
5:49PM
0.79
7:04AM
-0.47
6:42PM
0.91
8:01AM
-0.37
7:51PM
0.98
9:04AM
-0.25
9:23PM
1.00
10:12AM
-0.13
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunrise--6:20-------6:18-------6:16-------6:16-------6:15-------6:13-------6:13-------6:11-
Sunset-----7:52-------7:52-------7:53-------7:54-------7:54-------7:55-------7:57------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C98101213131111111111111212121199101416171411101012151716131111101115181814121110111415141211111112141615131211101112
Feels °C (?)76999889109877799779121314121099111315151311111011141614111010910121311101010101012131210105554
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