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Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 13 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
12.6° 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 7AM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Afternoon (13 Jan)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (13 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
2
W
1.1
W
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)141313131313121212121816161614141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)250520231834168216571468127512141062117575927012827273223911929172314231196976875771771663
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
N
10
N
15
N
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
ESE
10
S
10
S
5
S
5
ENE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:34AM
1.74
9:29PM
1.22
7:19AM
1.77
10:14PM
1.30
8:03AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
0.95
2:29PM
0.09
1:43AM
1.01
3:12PM
-0.01
2:36AM
1.04
3:50PM
-0.09
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---7:39-------7:39-------7:37----
Sunset-----5:13-------5:14-------5:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C99912141310101010810121311111211111416151314
Feels °C (?)66610111055552579789891113131212
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