Cape Mendocino 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 40.42° N 124.40° W

Issued: 3 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cape Mendocino sea temperature is

14.9°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today (03 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 15s period with WNW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cape Mendocino at 10PM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.9m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (03 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	15s
Evening (03 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the NNE by Wed night).
	Tue 3				Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	4	3	3	2	2	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	W 11	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 14	WNW 18	WNW 17	WNW 16
Wave Graph
kJ	1871	1693	1647	1624	1442	1303	1286	1044	949	1047	791	555	470	530	980	2667	2938	3068	3115	3247	7686	7339	6255
Wind (km/h)	ESE	N	NE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	N	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:19PM1.47m					7:36AM1.71m				7:33PM1.44m				8:11AM1.79m				8:40PM1.43m
Low Tide		1:04PM0.63m				1:04AM0.15m				2:01PM0.41m				1:52AM0.27m				2:51PM0.21m				2:34AM0.41m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—
	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	5:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	17	15	14	13	13	12	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	11	13	14	14	11	11	10	10	11
Feels °C	14	15	13	12	11	11	10	13	11	12	11	10	9	9	6	8	9	9	7	6	6	5	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	W 11	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 14	WNW 18	WNW 17	WNW 16
kJ	1871	1693	1647	1624	1442	1303	1286	1044	949	1047	791	555	470	530	980	2667	2938	3068	3115	3247	7686	7339	6255
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	WSW 10	SW 9	WSW 9	WSW 8	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	WNW 15	WNW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	WNW 20	WNW 19	WNW 18	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13
kJ	852	695	709	695	652	553	300	313	222	330	316	226	223	505	726	178	178	980	1559	2430	99	98	67
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	S 9	WNW 17	WNW 16	WNW 16	SSW 14	SSW 14	WNW 22	WNW 21	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 18	SSW 16	SW 16
kJ	653	551	537	537	455	468	487	439	417	2	27	104	201	226	229	188	397	178	131	121	32	27	68
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	WNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 4	NW 6	—	—	NNW 5	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	126	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	4	3	19	115	—	—	110	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Third Reef CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Third Reef CAL - Humboldt	Harbor Entrance at Eureka CAL - Humboldt	Harbor Entrance at Eureka CAL - Humboldt
Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	6	8	6
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	316	114	0	0	0	54	54	51	262	316	54	54	51	41	41
Best forecast wave conditions in Humboldt County	Cape Mendocino	Moonstone Beach	Moonstone Beach	Moonstone Beach	Moonstone Beach	Moonstone Beach	Moonstone Beach	Gale Point		Gold Bluffs Beach	Gale Point	Moonstone Beach	Moonstone Beach	Moonstone Beach	Moonstone Beach	Gale Point			Moonstone Beach	Moonstone Beach	Patricks Point State Park	Bunkers	Patricks Point State Park
Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		3	4	3	3	3	4	4			5	5	7	8	6
Best forecast wave conditions in United States	Virgin Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ranches HAW - Oahu	Ranches HAW - Oahu	Ranches HAW - Oahu	Ranches HAW - Oahu	Ranches HAW - Oahu	Ranches HAW - Oahu	Ranches HAW - Oahu	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South
Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	9	8	8	8	6
Header Global	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bay of Skaill United Kingdom	Bay of Skaill United Kingdom	Bay of Skaill United Kingdom	Bay of Skaill United Kingdom	Bay of Skaill United Kingdom	Bali Village Indonesia	Cow Bombie Australia	Supertubes Australia	Boners United States	Lebu Chile	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Ranches United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	9	8	7	6	5

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

storm austen

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cape Mendocino surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Cape Mendocino 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Cape Mendocino today (03 Nov):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website