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De Haven Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 PST
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De Haven Creek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's De Haven Creek sea temperature is
12.8° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at De Haven Creek today?

The current surf forecast for De Haven Creek at 9PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)--
Afternoon (17 Feb)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (17 Feb)11ft (3.5m)12s

Table - waves today at De Haven Creek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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4
4
4
3
2
0
!
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4
4
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
W
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121213131313121313121211111191011111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)454637183283385138774062384028613736302322461735121693386243510862288360316771170826598322
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
5
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
NNE
10
N
25
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
1.83
11:57PM
1.54
11:20AM
1.76
12:24AM
1.63
12:06PM
1.66
12:52AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:14PM
-0.11
5:13AM
0.55
5:44PM
-0.04
5:58AM
0.44
6:14PM
0.09
6:48AM
0.33
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-------7:03-------7:01-------7:01
Sunset-5:52-------5:53-------5:54------
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
33321141-----182--------
Temp. °C765443678865443577541005
Feels °C (?)10-1-1-10123431-1-1-1200-10-3-4-42
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