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Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 12 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
11.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at 6PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (12 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (12 Mar)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
2.1
NW
1.4
NW
2.1
NW
0.6
S
0.8
NW
Period(s) (?)1111111111101010101110101010101011101010981410
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)807875860844954720659615677690623588541541541627639570694825293547150124
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
N
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
1.51
9:33PM
1.24
7:07AM
1.53
10:02PM
1.30
8:09AM
1.59
10:27PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
0.17
2:07AM
1.03
2:57PM
0.10
3:01AM
0.94
3:40PM
0.04
3:45AM
0.83
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise7:33-------7:31-------7:31-------
Sunset---7:20-------7:21-------7:22----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101314131010101010121313111111111211111088810
Feels °C (?)79109666668998889108642347
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