Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 29 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
9.7° C
(Which is 1.6°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 12AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1
NW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.6
WNW
0.6
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)13121212131313131381313101099914141313141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14713112712799999898981208492878617918612611811510295979696
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
30
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
NNE
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
W
10
SW
10
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:28PM
1.62
10:03AM
1.64
10:59PM
1.68
10:55AM
1.60
11:28PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:03PM
-0.03
4:26AM
0.44
4:42PM
0.05
5:10AM
0.28
5:17PM
0.16
5:50AM
0.16
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------7:05-------7:03-------7:01-
Sunset-7:37-------7:38-------7:39------
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------11------------144
Temp. °C1413998991011101010999101110101010101011
Feels °C (?)873424478687677887765447
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