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Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 28 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
12.3° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)7ft (2.2m)10s
Afternoon (28 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (28 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
2
3
4
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3
4
4
3
2
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4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)101014131312161615151414141313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12348492325213316301485448153165955592757135297424734402709230520521740165619442251206117091398
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SW
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:08AM
1.94
9:06PM
1.30
7:11AM
2.00
9:56PM
1.41
8:11AM
2.05
10:39PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
-0.15
1:23AM
1.00
2:59PM
-0.27
2:30AM
0.97
3:49PM
-0.36
3:29AM
0.89
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise-7:30-------7:28-------7:28------
Sunset---5:30-------5:30-------5:32----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111214131212121212131413131212121315171613131313
Feels °C (?)8910910910991011111088791113131110109
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