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Schooner Gulch/Moat Creek in Mendocino County is an exposed beach and reef break that has pretty consitent surf. Spring and Summer provide the best conditions. Works best in offshore winds from the northeast with some shelter here from northwest winds. Groundswells are more common than windswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach break provides left and right handers as well as left and right hand reef breaks.. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. It very rarely gets crowded here. Take care of sharks, rips, rocks and locals.

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Overall Schooner Gulch/Moat Creek Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Use this relief map to navigate to California - Mendocino County surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Schooner Gulch/Moat Creek

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Schooner Gulch/Moat Creek:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Point Arena/Arena Cove	2 mi
Second closest break	Gualala Rivermouth	6 mi
Third closest break	Manchester Beach/Alder Creek	6 mi
Fourth closest break	Black Point Beach	7 mi
Fifth closest break	Navarro Rivermouth	21 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Schooner Gulch/Moat Creek:
Closest wave buoy	PT Arena Buoy	26 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	50 mi
Third closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	91 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	115 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Eel River Buoy	137 mi
Tide stations nearest to Schooner Gulch/Moat Creek:
Closest tide station	Arena Cove, Pacific Ocean, California	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Arena Cove, California	2 mi
Third closest tide station	Arena Cove, California (2)	2 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Point Arena, California	4 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Albion, California	22 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Schooner Gulch/Moat Creek:
Closest ski area	Stover Mountain Ski Area (United States)	160 mi
Second closest ski area	Royal Gorge (United States)	179 mi
Third closest ski area	Soda Springs (United States)	180 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Boreal Mountain (United States)	181 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sugar Bowl (United States)	182 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Schooner Gulch/Moat Creek:
Closest city location	Ukiah (United States)	32 mi
Second closest city location	Talmage (United States)	33 mi
Third closest city location	Cloverdale (United States)	37 mi
Fourth closest city location	Fort Bragg (United States)	39 mi
Fifth closest city location	Willits (United States)	40 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Schooner Gulch/Moat Creek is Travis Afb (Fairfield) Airport (SUU) in USA, 169 km (105 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Schooner Gulch/Moat Creek is Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK), also in USA, 183 km (114 miles) away.
• Third is San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in USA, 183 km (114 miles) away.
• Sacramento International Airport (SMF) in USA is 183 km (114 miles) away.
• Chico Muni Airport (CIC), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Schooner Gulch/Moat Creek and is 187 km (116 miles) away.