Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 12 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
10.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Chadbourne Gulch today?

The current surf forecast for Chadbourne Gulch at 4AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (13 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (13 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s

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


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Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
2
3
4
3
3
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.9
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111101010101111101010101011111078899202020
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)932831616604549477538813884296290488517453496768427547569430393339437407
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
0
E
5
NNE
5
N
5
NE
5
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
N
5
N
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
1.12
7:16AM
1.50
10:07PM
1.19
8:16AM
1.55
10:29PM
1.26
9:09AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
0.97
2:43PM
0.07
2:13AM
0.89
3:24PM
0.01
3:05AM
0.78
3:59PM
-0.04
Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise----7:30-------7:28-------7:26---
Sunset-------7:19-------7:20-------7:21
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111110101012131311111010111315141110101011161616
Feels °C (?)111199810101091098910121099888131314
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