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Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 22 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
12.4° 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 7PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 22). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)--
Afternoon (22 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (22 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)151414141413171616151514141414141414131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46844956543740137237243710125811021994994938899799799636591498475377304294
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
30
N
25
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
20
N
25
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
1.59
2:14AM
1.64
1:49PM
1.42
2:49AM
1.71
2:58PM
1.25
3:28AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:42PM
0.07
8:22AM
0.62
8:18PM
0.25
9:25AM
0.50
9:00PM
0.45
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise-------7:33-------7:33-------7:33
Sunset-5:22-------5:23-------5:24------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1211889991011111010999121413111111111112
Feels °C (?)75223234455455591111988878
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