Cape Mendocino 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 40.42° N 124.40° W

Issued: 4 am 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cape Mendocino sea temperature is

13.1°C

Cape Mendocino surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today (27 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 17s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 17s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 17s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at 8AM is: 0.7m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	17s
Afternoon (27 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	17s
Evening (27 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	17s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NE by Thu night).
	Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 9	SW 17	SW 17	SW 18	SW 18	SSW 17	SW 17	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 17	WNW 15	WNW 14	WNW 14	SW 16	SW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15
Wave Graph
kJ	321	295	309	312	312	386	429	516	510	504	493	568	553	545	595	587	532	532	525	551	516	592	584	584
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NE	NE	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	00:57AM1.46m				11:52AM1.98m				1:55AM1.42m				12:33PM1.98m					2:58AM1.39m			1:21PM1.94m
Low Tide			6:06AM0.73m				7:07PM-0.34m				6:50AM0.84m				7:57PM-0.36m				7:39AM0.93m					8:53PM-0.32m


	—	7:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	11	10	10	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	12	13	13	11	10	10	9	9	12	13	12	11	10
Feels °C	9	8	7	10	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	7	8	8	7	6	6	4	4	7	7	7	7	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 9	NW 9	NW 8	NW 8	SW 18	SSW 17	SW 17	SSW 17	WNW 15	NW 8	NW 8	WNW 15	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	NNW 8	WNW 13	WNW 13	NW 13	WNW 13	SW 15	SSW 15	NNW 10	NNW 10
kJ	321	249	176	171	312	386	429	516	393	298	346	568	553	545	487	241	368	362	394	351	516	592	290	246
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 17	SW 17	SW 18	WNW 16	NW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	SSW 17	WNW 15	WNW 15	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 16	WNW 14	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 16	WNW 13	WNW 12	SSW 15	SSW 15
kJ	274	295	309	312	234	264	322	382	510	455	449	469	458	539	595	501	532	532	525	551	346	273	584	584
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 10	WNW 16	WSW 9	WSW 9	WSW 9	WSW 8	WSW 8	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 12	SSW 12	WSW 8	S 11	SW 16	WSW 8	WSW 8	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	WNW 12	WNW 12
kJ	68	65	57	181	27	26	15	14	14	504	493	27	26	6	9	587	6	7	9	9	8	2	255	184
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NNW 8	NNW 8	—	NW 9	NW 9	NNW 9	NNW 8	NNW 8	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 10	NNW 10	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	238	275	335	326	314	382	—	309	316	280	267	351	286	346	339	354	362	332	402	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	The Rivermouth CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Mad River Beach CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	Third Reef CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	South Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Third Reef CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3
Distance (km)	0	0	0	54	436	437	114	54	40	40	40	54	211	211	59	40	40	40	51	54	149	134	51	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Humboldt County	Gale Point	Bunkers	Bunkers	Gale Point			Gold Bluffs Beach	Gale Point	Gale Point	Gale Point	Gale Point	Gale Point			Moonstone Beach	Gale Point	Gale Point	Gale Point	Gale Point	Moonstone Beach			Moonstone Beach	Gale Point
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2			3	4	4	4	4	4			3	4	4	4	4	3			3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	7	5	7	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	9	5	5	5	5

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