Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 03 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
10.0° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 2.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)--
Afternoon (03 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (03 Apr)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)1111101010889910109181818121212121111111116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117611491379865869545482300247241241232227307227458451436414400359297291306
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
30
N
25
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
SE
0
SSE
5
WNW
0
NNE
5
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:18PM
1.38
12:42AM
1.71
2:07PM
1.30
1:09AM
1.68
2:59PM
1.22
1:40AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:54PM
0.57
7:42AM
-0.04
7:27PM
0.71
8:21AM
-0.03
8:01PM
0.83
9:04AM
-0.00
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------6:56-------6:54-------6:52-
Sunset-7:43-------7:44-------7:45------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121210101113131617161415151515171716141414131315
Feels °C (?)5556810101415151212131313141414121212111113
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