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Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 10 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
12.5° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 3AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 20s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)20s
Afternoon (11 Jan)8ft (2.5m)18s
Evening (11 Jan)11ft (3.5m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
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4
4
4
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.5
WNW
2
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
Period(s) (?)141313121219181817171616161615151414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)129413461376126911321564260756647664740163655230480244564068410035693247254422211992183416571446
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
N
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
1.08
5:07AM
1.71
6:58PM
1.06
5:50AM
1.72
8:27PM
1.13
6:34AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:43PM
0.66
12:42PM
0.33
11:40PM
0.83
1:39PM
0.20
12:42AM
0.95
2:29PM
0.09
Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----7:39-------7:39-------7:39--
Sunset-------5:10-------5:12-------5:13
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11101011111113121110999111212101091010121311
Feels °C (?)1098888109765546675657810106
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