Caspar · Mendocino County · California
Caspar Cove Surf Report & Forecast, California
Caspar Cove, California: 4–5 ft, chest to head high, at 11 am PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Great. The main swell is 10.7 ft at 13 seconds from the west-northwest, with calm wind. Water is about 63°F, so a 3/2 full wetsuit is the suggestion; the next low tide is -0.5 ft at 5:17 pm.
4–5 ft
chest to head high
- Swell
- 10.7 ft · 13 s · WNW
- Wind
- calmcalm
- Tide
- 6.3 ft fallinglow -0.5 ft at 5:17 pm
- Water
- 63°F3/2
- Air
- 63°Ffeels like 63°F
- Sun
- rise 6:52 amset 5:06 pm
Caspar Cove surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Caspar Cove: 6 am, Great, on a rising mid tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Caspar Cove: 9 am, Great, on a rising high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 4–5 ft | Great | calm | 3.8 ft |
| 7 am | 2–3 ft | Good | calm | 4.7 ft |
| 8 am | 3–4 ft | Great | calm | 5.6 ft |
| 9 am | 4 ft | Great | calm | 6.3 ft |
| 10 am | 4–5 ft | Great | calm | 6.6 ft |
| 11 amnow | 3–4 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 10 | 6.3 ft |
| 12 pm | 4–5 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 9 | 5.5 ft |
| 1 pm | 4–5 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (WSW) | 4.1 ft |
| 2 pm | 2 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 9 | 2.6 ft |
| 3 pm | 2 ft | Good | 4 mph onshore (WSW) | 1.1 ft |
| 4 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 4 mph onshore (W) | 0.0 ft |
| 5 pm | 1 ft | Poor | calm | -0.5 ft |
| 6 pm | 2–3 ft | Great | calm | -0.3 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 3 ft | Great | 5 mph offshore (E), gusts 10 | 3.5 ft |
| 7 am | 2–3 ft | Great | 4 mph offshore (E), gusts 9 | 4.2 ft |
| 8 am | 2–3 ft | Great | 4 mph offshore (ENE), gusts 9 | 5.1 ft |
| 9 am | 4 ft | Great | calm | 5.9 ft |
| 10 am | 3–4 ft | Great | calm | 6.4 ft |
| 11 am | 3–4 ft | Great | calm | 6.4 ft |
| 12 pm | 3 ft | Good | 4 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 10 | 5.9 ft |
| 1 pm | 3 ft | Good | 5 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 10 | 4.8 ft |
| 2 pm | 4 ft | Good | 5 mph onshore (NW), gusts 11 | 3.4 ft |
| 3 pm | 4–5 ft | Good | 6 mph onshore (NW), gusts 13 | 1.9 ft |
| 4 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 5 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 11 | 0.6 ft |
| 5 pm | 1–2 ft | Fair | 5 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 10 | -0.2 ft |
| 6 pm | flat (under 1 ft) | Poor | 5 mph cross-shore (N) | -0.5 ft |
Caspar Cove waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 11 am, sets at Caspar Cove arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly barreling and hollow.
- Set waves
- about 4.7 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 38 s
- Lulls
- about 251 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Barrelingwhich means the lip pitches out and can throw a barrel
- Shape
- Hollowwhich means throwing, barreling waves
- Breaking
- 23% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- strong, about 1.5 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Caspar Cove surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Caspar Cove: the biggest day is Wednesday, Nov 18 at 3–7 ft, and the best-rated day is Thursday, Nov 12 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 0–6 ft and Good; Sunday, Nov 15, 1–6 ft and Great.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Caspar Cove are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 1–5 ft | Great | 13.1 ft · 15 s · WNW | calm | 4 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 9 | 6 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 0–5 ft | Great | 7.9 ft · 12 s · WNW | 4 mph offshore (ENE), gusts 9 | 5 mph onshore (NW), gusts 11 | 9 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 0–4 ft | Great | 8.3 ft · 13 s · WNW | 6 mph offshore (ESE), gusts 11 | 6 mph offshore (SSE), gusts 12 | 12 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 0–5 ft | Great | 11.4 ft · 15 s · W | 9 mph offshore (ESE), gusts 18 | 15 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 33 | 8 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 1–5 ft | Great | 12.3 ft · 13 s · W | 12 mph offshore (SSE), gusts 26 | 17 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 40 | 7 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 0–6 ft | Good | 17.0 ft · 15 s · W | 9 mph offshore (SE), gusts 21 | 12 mph cross-shore (S), gusts 29 | 10 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 1–6 ft | Great | 14.0 ft · 16 s · WNW | 7 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 17 | 10 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 23 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 2–7 ft | Great | 0.6 ft · 15 s · W | 9 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 18 | 8 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 16 | 10 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 0–5 ft | Great | — | 8 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 5 mph onshore (WNW) | 4 pm |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 3–7 ft | Poor | — | 19 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 24 | 17 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 23 | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Caspar Cove are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Caspar Cove tide chart and tide times
Tides at Caspar Cove today, Monday, Nov 9: low 3.1 ft at 4:06 am, high 6.6 ft at 9:59 am and low -0.5 ft at 5:17 pm. At 11 am the tide is 6.3 ft and falling.
Caspar Cove tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low 3.1 ft at 4:06 amHigh 6.6 ft at 9:59 amLow -0.5 ft at 5:17 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | High 4.8 ft at 12:05 amLow 3.2 ft at 4:38 amHigh 6.5 ft at 10:33 amLow -0.5 ft at 5:53 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | High 4.8 ft at 12:51 amLow 3.4 ft at 5:09 amHigh 6.5 ft at 11:05 amLow -0.2 ft at 6:33 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 4.8 ft at 1:41 amLow 3.8 ft at 5:45 amHigh 6.5 ft at 11:41 amLow 0.2 ft at 7:15 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 4.9 ft at 2:29 amLow 4.1 ft at 6:27 amHigh 6.3 ft at 12:17 pmLow 0.5 ft at 8 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 4.9 ft at 3:27 amLow 4.3 ft at 7:15 amHigh 6.1 ft at 12:59 pmLow 0.8 ft at 8:48 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 5.0 ft at 4:20 amLow 4.3 ft at 8:29 amHigh 5.6 ft at 1:44 pmLow 0.8 ft at 9:39 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 4.8 ft at 5:15 amLow 3.9 ft at 9:51 amHigh 4.9 ft at 2:48 pmLow 0.9 ft at 10:24 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 5.0 ft at 5:54 amLow 3.6 ft at 11:19 am |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Caspar Cove water temperature
The water temperature at Caspar Cove is about 63°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 63°F and a 2 mph wind, a 3/2 full wetsuit is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays near 63°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Caspar Cove
- Hare Creek3.9 mi N · 4–5 ft · Great
- Big River4.3 mi SSE · 3–4 ft · Good
- Noyo Harbor / River Mouth4.7 mi N · 0–1 ft · Poor
- Pudding Creek6.8 mi N · 9–11 ft · Great
- Virgin Creek7.7 mi N · 10–11 ft · Great
- Albion River Mouth9.6 mi SSE · 2–3 ft · Good
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About Caspar Cove
Caspar Cove is a cove in Caspar, Mendocino County, California, facing west-northwest. Also called Caspar Beach.
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