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Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am 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
11.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Chadbourne Gulch today?

The current surf forecast for Chadbourne Gulch at 12PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (12 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (12 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
2
3
0
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
0.7
S
1.2
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.7
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)1211111111111111101010101111101610101011101068
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)913808766638752568568831676604560570593813884261296330384406640768363499
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NW
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
N
10
N
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
1.47
9:40PM
1.12
7:16AM
1.50
10:07PM
1.19
8:16AM
1.55
10:29PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:23PM
0.99
1:53PM
0.14
1:04AM
0.97
2:43PM
0.07
2:13AM
0.89
3:24PM
0.01
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise--7:31-------7:30-------7:28-----
Sunset-----7:17-------7:19-------7:20--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10101013131311111010912141412101010111415141210
Feels °C (?)9881010101010997101110109889101110109
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