Cape Mendocino 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today (03 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 18s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at 3AM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 02). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	18s
Afternoon (03 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Evening (03 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thu 2		Friday 3								Saturday 4								Sunday 5
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	SW 15	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	NW 8	NW 8	SSW 14	SSW 20	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 18	SSW 18	SW 18
Wave Graph
kJ	229	223	246	243	158	142	140	140	277	284	288	284	217	453	490	149	216	214	186	183	138	188	214	319
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross
High Tide			1:05AM1.68m					3:18PM1.42m			1:47AM1.58m					3:49PM1.47m				2:35AM1.44m				4:21PM1.54m
Low Tide	7:45PM0.96m					8:24AM-0.15m				8:32PM0.92m				8:59AM-0.06m				9:27PM0.85m				9:35AM0.06m


	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—
	8:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:51
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	12	12	11	13	15	15	15	13	11	11	11	12	15	16	15	13	12	11	11	12	14	14	14
Feels °C	9	9	9	7	9	11	11	11	9	7	7	7	8	10	11	10	8	8	7	7	8	11	10	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 13	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	NNW 8	NNW 8	NNW 8	SSW 14	SSW 18	SW 18
kJ	229	223	176	174	144	142	140	140	277	284	288	284	217	88	129	138	183	186	704	735	735	136	214	319
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	S 18	SSW 17	SSW 16	S 16	WNW 14	NW 14	WNW 14	NW 14	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	SSW 20	SSW 19	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 18	WNW 13	WNW 11
kJ	63	104	246	243	158	100	52	46	41	48	73	48	71	69	68	66	216	214	186	183	138	188	116	70
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 16	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	S 11	SSW 21	SSW 21	SSW 21	SSW 21	SSW 15	SSW 20	SSW 20	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 13	SSW 14	WNW 13
kJ	24	22	22	23	22	43	42	42	9	45	45	44	44	78	77	149	90	86	85	86	136	98	104	101
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 8	NNW 8	NNW 8	NNW 7	NNW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 8	NNW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NNW 8	NNW 8	NNW 8	—	—	—	NNW 8	NNW 8	NNW 9
kJ	464	453	382	397	382	340	312	259	243	257	287	337	416	453	490	464	489	587	—	—	—	682	806	825
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	Third Reef CAL - Humboldt	Third Reef CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Neah Bay Washington	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	Third Reef CAL - Humboldt	South Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Third Reef CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	Third Reef CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Third Reef CAL - Humboldt
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	3
Distance (km)	54	40	40	51	51	219	884	294	54	54	40	40	51	149	54	51	54	40	40	51	40	146	83	51
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2				2	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	4	3	3		3	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	7	8	5	5	5	7	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	9	9	9	8	6	7	7	5

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