Secret spot?We can hide it! Cape Mendocino Surf Forecast / California – Humboldt County / USA2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 22 pm Saturday 02 Jun 2012Cape Mendocino surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Largest waves (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 10 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 18 | ||||||
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| Max-energy | 298 | 293 | 716 | 318 | 395 | 279 | 268 | 144 | 122 | 128 | 321 | 321 | 625 | 798 | 638 | 710 | 155 | 152 | ||||||
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| Wind State (?) | cross- off |
cross | cross- on |
glass | cross- on |
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Cape Mendocino blow from the E
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High Tide / height (m) |
10:44PM 2.07 |
12:46PM 1.45 |
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11:32PM 2.06 |
1:37PM 1.49 |
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12:22AM 2.00 |
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2:27PM 1.51 |
1:13AM 1.89 |
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3:16PM 1.53 |
2:07AM 1.73 |
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4:05PM 1.55 |
3:04AM 1.55 |
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4:54PM 1.57 |
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Low Tide / height (m) |
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6:01AM -0.57 |
5:46PM 0.71 |
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6:49AM -0.58 |
6:41PM 0.73 |
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7:37AM -0.53 |
7:39PM 0.74 |
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8:26AM -0.43 |
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8:42PM 0.74 |
9:14AM -0.28 |
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9:50PM 0.71 |
10:04AM -0.11 |
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Note: the tide data above is for Cape Mendocino, California which is 2 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Cape Mendocino. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph. |
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Today's Cape Mendocino sea temperature is 11.1 °C (Statistics for 02 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 12.4 max: 15.2 min: 10.4 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Sun night. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Mon morning, calm by Tue morning). | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the NNW by Fri afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | heavy rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | 26 | 1 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| High °C | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | ||||||
| Low °C | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 13 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:48 | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | 5:47 | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | - | 20:44 | - | - | 20:44 | - | - | 20:45 | - | - | 20:45 | - | - | 20:45 | - | - | 20:46 | ||||||
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Free Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cape Mendocino surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.
View detailed surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at:
surf-forecast.com
Information about the Cape Mendocino Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Cape Mendocino provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 2-7 days. A general guide to surfing at Cape Mendocino can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Cape Mendocino surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Cape Mendocino) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Cape Mendocino may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
Cape Mendocino is 47 km (29 miles) from Eureka. If you plan a vacation in Humboldt County, look for hotels and other accommodation in Eureka. Eureka has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.
