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Cape Mendocino Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Humboldt (25 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 18 Oct 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today?
The current surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at 8PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Oct) | 10ft (3.0m) | 16s |
| Evening (18 Oct) | 8ft (2.5m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Cape Mendocino. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 22 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 3842 | 4301 | 3004 | 2873 | 2390 | 1922 | 1547 | 1182 | 1094 | 1791 | 2536 | 9567 | 9092 | 7351 | 6441 | 4788 | 4055 | 3675 | 3300 | 2943 | 2257 | 2296 | 1776 | 1555 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | off | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:17PM 1.51 | 10:38AM 1.73 | 11:07PM 1.48 | 11:01AM 1.75 | 11:54PM 1.44 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:32PM 0.33 | 4:30AM 0.34 | 5:10PM 0.20 | 5:02AM 0.46 | 5:46PM 0.09 | 5:33AM 0.59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:33 | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Humboldt
Continuing clean conditions at Cape Mendocino (calm at Fortuna 28 km from Cape Mendocino). 2.6m 15s groundswell from the WNW which is too big for here.
28 km away, 51 min ago
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