Hare Creek surf break

Hare Creek surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
10.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hare Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Hare Creek at 4PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (20 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (20 Mar)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
1
0
1
3
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
2.1
NW
1.7
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.9
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)12111111661177788999101010109991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3363132512533282267292482403516761441157314011263144912901195113111231575153216491604
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:04PM
1.61
1:00AM
1.95
2:00PM
1.48
1:35AM
1.99
3:03PM
1.35
2:17AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:50AM
0.08
6:43PM
0.38
7:39AM
-0.04
7:18PM
0.55
8:33AM
-0.11
7:56PM
0.71
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise7:18-------7:16-------7:16-------
Sunset---7:25-------7:27-------7:28----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151615151313121111111111119999111099988
Feels °C (?)131312121111988654645667557856
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