Usal Beach surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 12 Aug 2025 PDT
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Usal Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Usal Beach sea temperature is
13.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Usal Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Usal Beach at 1PM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Afternoon (12 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (12 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

Table - waves today at Usal Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
12
Wednesday
13
Thursday
14
Fri
15
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.1
NW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)16161616161615151515151616151515151515715151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)12911300129612311019992944886883883899889909758715720597586601805643553490468
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
0
N
0
NW
0
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
5
N
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:23PM
2.27
2:20AM
2.07
2:58PM
2.35
3:24AM
1.88
3:38PM
2.39
4:41AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:53AM
0.48
8:29PM
0.87
8:28AM
0.67
9:29PM
0.75
9:05AM
0.89
10:34PM
0.66
Tuesday
12
Wednesday
13
Thursday
14
Fri
15
Sunrise6:24-------6:24-------6:26-------
Sunset----8:15-------8:14-------8:13---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C162022201514131314192019151414141722242622161615
Feels °C (?)172022201514131314182019151413131720202218141414
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Mendocino County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Usal Beach (calm at Benbow wx 28 km from Usal Beach). 1.1m 11s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.9m 16s long period groundswell from the SW and a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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13.9
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