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Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 PST
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Cape Mendocino surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cape Mendocino sea temperature is
12.8° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at 7AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 21s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)19s
Evening (07 Jan)15ft (4.5m)18s

Table - waves today at Cape Mendocino. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
4
2
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
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!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
NW
1.1
NW
2.5
NW
3.5
NW
4
NW
4.5
NW
5.5
NW
5.5
NW
5.5
NW
5.5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
Period(s) (?)111111211219181717171616161616151515151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5406067911067166085869633126861606817215158181432112536113299925820868725768512043753420301323791682
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
S
0
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
W
30
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
25
N
25
NNE
25
N
25
N
30
N
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
1.64
1:28PM
1.62
3:08AM
1.66
2:27PM
1.41
3:47AM
1.68
3:38PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:13AM
0.74
8:26PM
0.03
9:18AM
0.67
9:08PM
0.24
10:28AM
0.58
9:53PM
0.46
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---7:39-------7:39-------7:39----
Sunset-----5:07-------5:07-------5:08--
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-21--1211---------------
Temp. °C1110101111109998889986556810989
Feels °C (?)879864222122221001257755
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