Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 18 Aug 2025 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
14.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chadbourne Gulch today?

The current surf forecast for Chadbourne Gulch at 11AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (18 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (18 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)17s

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

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Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thu
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.9
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
Period(s) (?)1010101717179991616161616161616161577777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)570562579504556428482477452538490503582506446434591472533668807662550515
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
0
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
WNW
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
0
N
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
9:26AM
1.20
7:36PM
1.92
10:20AM
1.29
8:40PM
1.95
11:01AM
1.36
9:38PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01PM
0.95
3:07AM
-0.16
2:18PM
0.92
3:58AM
-0.21
3:21PM
0.84
4:43AM
-0.22
Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thu
21
Sunrise6:28-------6:30-------6:31-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:06-------8:04---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131616161413131314171716141514141618181916151514
Feels °C (?)131515141312121214161615131413131516161816151513
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Mendocino County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Chadbourne Gulch (calm at Willits 34 km from Chadbourne Gulch). 1.2m 10s swell from the WNW with a 0.3m 18s long period groundswell from the SW and a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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2 km/h
SSW
0.0
14.0
Air / Water (°C)
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