Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.42° N 124.40° W

Cape Mendocino 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 25 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cape Mendocino sea temperature is
13.2°C
0.1° 

Cape Mendocino surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today (25 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at 9PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)--
Afternoon (25 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (25 Oct)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the N by Tue afternoon).

Sun
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
NW
9
1.1
NW
11
1.4
NW
12
1.6
NW
11
1.8
NW
11
1.9
NW
12
1.8
NW
11
1.8
NW
11
1.7
NW
10
1.7
NW
10
1.6
NW
10
1.6
NW
9
1.5
NW
9
1.4
NW
9
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
18
0.7
SW
18
0.8
SSW
17
0.8
SSW
17
0.9
SW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
165
304
542
650
836
963
729
703
565
553
499
405
365
314
309
312
312
386
381
429
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
5
NW
5
ESE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
25
N
Wind State
on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
00:01AM1.48m
11:15AM1.94m
00:57AM1.46m
11:52AM1.98m
Low Tide
5:40PM-0.12m
5:27AM0.61m
6:22PM-0.27m
6:06AM0.73m
7:07PM-0.34m
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:41
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6:22
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6:22
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6:21
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1
1
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Temp °C
14
13
12
13
13
13
12
13
14
13
11
11
11
11
10
12
13
12
10
10
Feels °C
12
12
11
11
12
12
11
12
11
10
8
8
8
8
6
8
8
6
4
4
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