Cape Mendocino surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 12 Apr 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
11.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at 2PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (12 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
0.9
SSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
W
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.7
NW
1.1
NW
0.6
SSW
1
NW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)916101010101099999999998813816816
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)490382622520471491516586561523439529529384384320326160163167165201146147
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
E
5
SSE
10
WNW
5
N
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
onglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
1.41
9:23PM
1.41
8:37AM
1.44
9:47PM
1.50
9:35AM
1.47
10:13PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:43PM
0.10
3:19AM
0.64
3:23PM
0.12
3:59AM
0.43
4:01PM
0.16
4:39AM
0.21
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise6:43-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---7:52-------7:53-------7:54----
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
62----------------------
Temp. °C8791010998911111198888101111991010
Feels °C (?)447787756755333335766797
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