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Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 19 Jan 2026 PST
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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
12.5° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at 3AM is: 1.0m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (20 Jan)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (20 Jan)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

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Mon
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)191818171616151514141413131313121212121212161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29245466258911231096106310071121104810631001875862747613565480404505521446468449
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NE
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
20
N
15
N
20
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		glassglassglassonglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
1.48
11:24AM
1.82
1:14AM
1.52
12:07PM
1.73
1:43AM
1.58
12:54PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:02PM
-0.20
5:54AM
0.88
6:34PM
-0.15
6:38AM
0.81
7:07PM
-0.06
7:26AM
0.73
Mon
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-----7:35-------7:35-------7:35--
Sunset-------5:21-------5:22-------5:22
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C991010101112121111111111121312121111109111311
Feels °C (?)6788910111110101010101111998875896
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