Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 01 May 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
10.5° C
(Which is 1.3°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 5AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm May 01). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (02 May)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (02 May)6.5ft (2.0m)9s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
1
Saturday
2
Sunday
3
Monday
4
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1
WNW
11
1.9
NW
8
1.9
NW
9
1.8
NW
9
1.8
NW
9
0.9
WNW
17
1
WNW
16
1.2
WNW
16
1.4
WNW
16
1.6
WNW
15
1.6
WNW
14
1.7
WNW
14
1.7
WNW
14
1.7
WNW
14
1.7
WNW
13
1.7
WNW
13
1.6
WNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
525
517
508
508
500
500
421
270
523
542
502
454
453
493
724
978
1038
996
1099
1099
1068
950
922
812
Wind (km/h)
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
glassy
on
on
on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
11:31PM1.73m
1:26PM1.28m
11:58PM1.70m
2:13PM1.25m
00:29AM1.67m
3:02PM1.22m
Low Tide
5:49PM0.69m
6:44AM-0.20m
6:24PM0.79m
7:19AM-0.21m
6:59PM0.87m
7:55AM-0.20m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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6:15
6:13
6:13
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8:12
8:13
8:14
8:15
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
10
10
10
11
12
13
12
11
11
10
11
11
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
12
12
6
5
5
5
6
7
9
8
8
9
8
9
10
12
11
11
11
11
9
9
9
8
9
9
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
12
1
WNW
11
1.9
NW
8
1.9
NW
9
1.8
NW
9
1.8
NW
9
1.7
NW
9
1.6
NW
9
1.6
NW
8
1.4
WNW
16
1.6
WNW
15
1.6
WNW
14
1.7
WNW
14
1.7
WNW
14
1.7
WNW
14
1.7
WNW
13
1.7
WNW
13
1.6
WNW
13
Energy kJ
525
517
508
508
500
500
421
270
523
542
502
454
418
351
343
978
1038
996
1099
1099
1068
950
922
812
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.4
NW
9
0.2
WNW
20
0.8
WNW
11
0.8
WNW
11
0.7
WNW
11
0.8
WNW
18
0.9
WNW
17
1
WNW
16
1.2
WNW
16
1
WNW
8
0.9
WNW
8
1.3
NW
8
1.1
NW
8
1.1
NW
9
0.9
NNW
9
0.9
NNW
9
0.9
NNW
8
0.9
NNW
8
Energy kJ
27
27
27
27
27
27
21
40
163
160
109
356
453
493
724
147
112
222
163
170
138
119
113
108
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
12
0.2
SSW
18
0.2
SSW
18
0.2
SSW
18
0.4
NW
20
0.4
WNW
19
0.7
WNW
18
0.7
WNW
11
0.6
WNW
11
0.7
WNW
11
0.6
WNW
12
1
NNW
8
0.9
NNW
8
0.4
SSW
17
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
15
Energy kJ
11
11
11
11
11
31
31
31
97
146
280
107
93
107
90
137
103
116
56
84
121
121
125
209
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
NNW
7
1.5
NNW
7
1.4
NNW
7
1.7
NNW
7
1.9
NNW
7
1.9
NNW
8
1.8
NNW
8
1.9
NW
8
Energy kJ
186
192
186
293
369
389
362
522
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
3
1
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
Distance (km)
100
54
54
54
54
151
437
93
51
40
40
40
0
152
152
86
21
21
40
21
0
21
21
21
Best forecast wave conditions in Humboldt County
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
5
4
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