Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 10 Apr 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
12.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Chadbourne Gulch today?

The current surf forecast for Chadbourne Gulch at 4AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.9
SW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)15151516161616151516161681110101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)287226367499499499402372372382387387467887754716612541509529517506445516
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
E
15
E
10
ENE
0
E
5
SSE
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
off
ononglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
1.15
6:30AM
1.35
9:02PM
1.23
7:39AM
1.37
9:26PM
1.32
8:40AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.90
1:43PM
0.08
1:53AM
0.78
2:25PM
0.06
2:46AM
0.61
3:03PM
0.07
Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----6:43-------6:41-------6:41---
Sunset-------7:47-------7:49-------7:50
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111111392-22311---------
Temp. °C131212121213128878789101010109910111212
Feels °C (?)1110101099744344777899879998
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