Capitola Coast Conditions

Reading the sources…

Capitola, Santa Cruz County, California. Its own tide, water, and roads come first, and every reading is dated and linked back to whoever published it.

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TodayWeather, the highway, the air and fire danger

Weather

Highways

On the WaterTides, the bars, the marine forecast and shellfish

Tides

Bar conditions

SafetyBeach advisories, earthquakes and tsunami

MoreAlerts, scanner feeds, and what this is

Scanner feeds

Public-safety and marine radio from this county that somebody is streaming online, with what each feed carries.

Nothing streamed here is a police channel. The Sheriff and the Santa Cruz, Capitola and Watsonville police are all dispatched by Santa Cruz Regional 9-1-1, and none of it is on any feed. What you can hear from here is fire, and the weather radio for the bay. Start with the county fire feed.

Run by volunteers, not by any agency. They play an ad first, run a minute or so behind the radio, and can go quiet without notice; Broadcastify’s page for each one shows whether it is on. Not a way to get help: call 911.

Santa Cruz County

County fire Listed as “Santa Cruz County Fire”, provided by Watch Duty: a stereo feed with all channels at once, and the one to open first.
CAL FIRE CZU, dispatch and air Listed as “CalFire CZU — Dispatch, Command, Air Attack, Air to Ground”, also from Watch Duty, all channels simultaneous. CZU is the CAL FIRE unit that answers for this county, so this is the same agency the fire tile reads.
CAL FIRE CZU, county Listed as “CalFire CZU, Santa Cruz County”. Its listing says it is provided by remotely located critical infrastructure rather than by a volunteer with a scanner, which is Broadcastify’s own arrangement and tends to mean it stays up.
NOAA Weather Radio, marine Listed as “NOAA Weather Radio Monterey Marine (WWF64)”: the marine broadcast for Monterey Bay and the coastal waters, which is the forecast the marine tile carries, read aloud.
NOAA Weather Radio Listed as “NOAA Weather Radio Monterey (KEC49)”: the land forecast and any warnings for the bay area counties, on the loop.

Every link opened and checked September 23, 2026. Feeds on Broadcastify for Santa Cruz County.