Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 12 Apr 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
11.1° 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 12PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (12 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SW
0.9
SSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
W
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
NW
2
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
0.7
NW
1.3
NW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)168916101010101099999999998813816
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)382538490382622569471502516586588553439568418384359320262187163167216201
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
E
5
SW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
SE
5
SE
10
E
10
NNE
20
N
25
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
1.41
9:23PM
1.41
8:37AM
1.44
9:47PM
1.50
9:35AM
1.47
10:13PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
0.81
2:43PM
0.10
3:19AM
0.64
3:23PM
0.12
3:59AM
0.43
4:01PM
0.16
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise--6:43-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:53-------7:54--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2433--------------------
Temp. °C988910111010109911111198888101111109
Feels °C (?)634688898667553333366777
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