Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 20 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
11.3° 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 3AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (21 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
3
!
3
4
!
4
!
!
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1.6
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.5
NW
1.8
NW
2.4
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)11767777899910101010999101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25723532630819530962314071538129912911764180111711527109911981499132216491492904788680
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NE
0
ENE
5
NNW
5
NW
0
NE
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
1.83
2:04PM
1.37
1:38AM
1.87
3:08PM
1.25
2:19AM
1.87
4:24PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
0.30
7:33AM
-0.09
7:11PM
0.45
8:26AM
-0.15
7:49PM
0.60
9:27AM
-0.16
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----7:16-------7:15-------7:13---
Sunset-------7:27-------7:28-------7:29
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1615131313161516119109101314121010999121212
Feels °C (?)1514111111131111768791111109988810910
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