Hare Creek surf break

Hare Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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Hare Creek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hare Creek sea temperature is
13.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hare Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Hare Creek at 3PM is: 4.5m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)16ft (5.0m)16s
Afternoon (08 Jan)15ft (4.5m)16s
Evening (08 Jan)13ft (4.0m)16s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
5
4
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
W
1.9
W
2
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)171616161616151515141414141413131313131314131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13837130161132710539918879456436547546813912319226332171157012009057345945877551162126612881187
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
SE
5
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:27PM
1.54
3:46AM
1.80
3:38PM
1.32
4:27AM
1.82
5:08PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
0.79
8:50PM
0.31
10:08AM
0.70
9:29PM
0.54
11:22AM
0.59
10:09PM
0.76
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-7:35-------7:35-------7:35------
Sunset---5:07-------5:08-------5:09----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C99910977789101010910101010121111111111
Feels °C (?)3323444346778687771089988
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