Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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Chadbourne Gulch surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chadbourne Gulch sea temperature is
12.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chadbourne Gulch today?

The current surf forecast for Chadbourne Gulch at 9PM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

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

Table - waves today at Chadbourne Gulch. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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!
!
!
!
!
!
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4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.9
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)161616161515151414141414131313131313141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11327105399188794564365475468139123192263321711570120090573459458773211451247128811671019900
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
5
WSW
5
S
0
S
10
ESE
5
E
10
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
glassglassglassoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:31PM
1.44
3:52AM
1.69
3:41PM
1.23
4:32AM
1.71
5:09PM
1.08
5:14AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
0.25
10:02AM
0.61
9:24PM
0.46
11:16AM
0.50
10:03PM
0.65
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35
Sunset-5:07-------5:07-------5:08------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10107656710111198899111212111010101012
Feels °C (?)45332337898556699109877710
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