Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 11 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 4AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (12 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (12 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
2
NW
1.5
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)121212111111111111111010101011111010101010111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)736736913808701638752860932496901768560570593813884296296498517703593659
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
N
5
N
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
N
10
N
10
N
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:58PM
1.06
6:04AM
1.47
9:40PM
1.12
7:16AM
1.50
10:07PM
1.19
8:16AM
1.55
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
Wed
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise----7:31-------7:30-------7:28---
Sunset-------7:17-------7:19-------7:20
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111111101013131211111010101313131111101010141514
Feels °C (?)910108810109101099911109910888101110
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