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Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 19 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
10.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at 9AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010101212121212121211111111111111111010151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302244239240286511349344383369397309304319302242231258254212204123121120
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
15
N
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
NNE
25
NNW
25
N
25
NNE
35
N
35
N
35
N
35
N
35
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:02AM
1.69
12:16PM
1.63
12:29AM
1.78
1:09PM
1.54
1:01AM
1.84
2:06PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
0.19
6:27PM
0.22
7:02AM
0.04
7:02PM
0.36
7:49AM
-0.07
7:40PM
0.53
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise--7:22-------7:20-------7:18-----
Sunset-----7:28-------7:29-------7:30--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161616192220171715151416171513121110101110998
Feels °C (?)111212141715121291091012119975542121
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