Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 30 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
9.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at 12PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 30). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.4
WNW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)1313131313131313101215998141313141413131278
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)999998989886959287868417614513511510295979696111148197310
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
25
N
20
N
25
N
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
5
N
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
1.64
10:59PM
1.68
10:55AM
1.60
11:28PM
1.71
11:44AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
0.44
4:42PM
0.05
5:10AM
0.28
5:17PM
0.16
5:50AM
0.16
5:50PM
0.29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise--7:05-------7:03-------7:01-----
Sunset-----7:38-------7:39-------7:40--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------12475312
Temp. °C99912141110101010101111101010101010111111109
Feels °C (?)4447108788899878664355753
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