Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 14 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 1.2°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 4PM is: 2.3m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)17s
Afternoon (14 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Evening (14 Jan)7ft (2.2m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.7
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)121716161514141414131313131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)736172924792567229320041597144312971032875771771673573564539446432365359294228177
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
0
NNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
0
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
E
10
E
5
SSE
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
WNW
5
NW
0
NNW
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
crossglassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
1.79
10:24PM
1.22
8:10AM
1.83
10:57PM
1.26
8:52AM
1.87
11:26PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:57PM
0.03
1:44AM
1.02
3:36PM
-0.05
2:34AM
1.01
4:12PM
-0.12
3:18AM
0.98
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise-7:33-------7:33-------7:33------
Sunset---5:14-------5:15-------5:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111314131313131314171716151414141317181513131312
Feels °C (?)91212121211111111151515141312111015161412121210
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