Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 13 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
11.4° 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 5AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (14 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (14 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.7
NW
1.3
NW
0.6
SSW
0.7
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.7
NW
1.3
NW
1.8
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.4
NW
0.7
SSW
1.1
NW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)9999888138161216129101099151015151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49045435132025616016316720620114614714423566788789197318824486121120118
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
E
5
S
10
S
20
S
15
N
25
N
30
N
35
N
35
N
30
NNE
35
N
40
N
40
NNW
40
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:47PM
1.50
9:35AM
1.47
10:13PM
1.61
10:31AM
1.49
10:40PM
1.72
11:25AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:59AM
0.43
4:01PM
0.16
4:39AM
0.21
4:38PM
0.24
5:20AM
-0.01
Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise----6:41-------6:39-------6:37---
Sunset-------7:54-------7:55-------7:57
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------141--------
Temp. °C10998810111110991011111099987891010
Feels °C (?)544336677778877310-1-10011
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