Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 27 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
9.4° C
(Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at 3AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.1
NW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)99991111101010101013131313121212131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12651208115799312501146901724356380207151151149147129127127999999989886
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
25
N
25
N
20
N
25
NNE
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
30
N
25
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:15PM
1.45
8:00AM
1.65
9:54PM
1.54
9:05AM
1.65
10:28PM
1.62
10:03AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:39AM
0.78
3:18PM
-0.07
3:37AM
0.61
4:03PM
-0.03
4:26AM
0.44
4:42PM
0.05
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise----7:07-------7:05-------7:05---
Sunset-------7:37-------7:37-------7:38
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9899913141310910101012131299988111212
Feels °C (?)324547874345567633312688
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