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Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 08 Feb 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
12.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 4AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (09 Feb)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (09 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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Sun
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
!
!
3
!
!
!
2
!
!
!
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
3
3
4
4
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
2.3
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
Period(s) (?)13151514141414141413131313131212121212111111109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1854312733443199269427743048344626203028275925882274153211781002872797701718619112811561062
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NW
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
30
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
SSE
5
NE
10
SSW
5
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
5
SE
10
NNE
15
NNE
5
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
1.06
3:56AM
1.65
6:53PM
1.07
4:47AM
1.63
8:23PM
1.15
5:45AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
0.84
11:47AM
0.31
10:51PM
0.98
12:54PM
0.24
12:13AM
1.06
1:53PM
0.15
Sun
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----7:18-------7:16-------7:16--
Sunset-------5:45-------5:45-------5:46
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clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
-1-------------13--21---
Temp. °C12111110991111910111111131310910101011111212
Feels °C (?)1088753443578810118766998118
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