Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 08 Nov 2025 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
12.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 7AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (08 Nov)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (08 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
4
3
3
4
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
W
1.7
W
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
W
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)131212121313131312121212111211111111111214141312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29672589203414541104118010448169087465274834715467208368946989271010115911101014964
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
S
5
WSW
0
NNE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45AM
1.45
12:07PM
2.00
2:50AM
1.43
1:03PM
1.88
3:55AM
1.44
2:05PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
0.93
7:41PM
-0.41
7:33AM
0.99
8:40PM
-0.30
8:49AM
1.01
9:44PM
-0.16
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Sunrise--6:54-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----5:06-------5:05-------5:04--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121212151615151515151618191616171615151716171412
Feels °C (?)10101014151514131413141616131314131212141213108
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