Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 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
15.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Chadbourne Gulch today?

The current surf forecast for Chadbourne Gulch at 10PM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (17 Sep)6ft (1.9m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
4
4
!
!
3
!
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
0.7
S
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)10167781010101010101010101010101099101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)320254417372715139416161561150616141453122612261065918769636520410332327257241211
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
0
NNE
0
W
5
W
10
WNW
5
S
5
SE
0
S
5
SSW
0
W
0
WSW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
ENE
5
E
0
N
0
N
0
ENE
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglassglassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
1.77
10:27AM
1.48
9:36PM
1.78
10:58AM
1.55
10:26PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:32PM
0.83
3:33AM
-0.05
3:28PM
0.69
4:14AM
-0.01
4:16PM
0.56
4:50AM
0.07
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-
Sunset-7:20-------7:19-------7:16------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C202118171616171919191716141515171716151515141518
Feels °C (?)192118171616171819191717141617171716151516141617
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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). 2.5m 7s swell from the NW with a 0.8m 12s groundswell, also from the NW and a 0.5m 10s swell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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