Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am 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
9.5° C
(Which is 1.8°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 5PM is: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (27 Mar)8ft (2.4m)9s
Evening (27 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
1.7
NW
1.9
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
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
Period(s) (?)999991099981010101010131313131212121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1060973973973119412191182113294973761567840032021115115116015812912712710199
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
20
NNE
25
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:45AM
1.65
9:15PM
1.45
8:00AM
1.65
9:54PM
1.54
9:05AM
1.65
10:28PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
-0.09
2:39AM
0.78
3:18PM
-0.07
3:37AM
0.61
4:03PM
-0.03
4:26AM
0.44
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
Sunrise7:09-------7:07-------7:05-------
Sunset---7:36-------7:37-------7:37----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C91313129999912141210999101213129988
Feels °C (?)498733444786433356763311
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