Chadbourne Gulch Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.61° N 123.79° W

Chadbourne Gulch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Chadbourne Gulch sea temperature is
13.1°C
0.5° 

Chadbourne Gulch surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Chadbourne Gulch today (16 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Chadbourne Gulch at 9PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)--
Afternoon (16 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (16 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
5
5
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
20
0.9
SSW
15
1.1
WNW
12
0.9
SSW
19
0.9
SSW
19
1.6
WNW
12
1
SSW
18
1
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
1.5
WNW
12
2.2
WNW
12
2.1
WNW
12
2.1
WNW
11
2.1
WNW
11
2.3
WNW
11
2.3
WNW
13
2.5
NW
13
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
339
309
314
399
372
355
584
545
746
596
596
553
614
1316
1216
1175
1134
1259
1775
2207
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
5
WSW
5
SE
5
E
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
0
N
5
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
0
ENE
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
2:49PM1.56m
6:25AM1.22m
3:48PM1.48m
7:27AM1.26m
5:02PM1.42m
Low Tide
10:28PM0.17m
9:52AM1.08m
11:30PM0.21m
11:26AM1.06m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
22
19
17
18
16
16
16
20
18
17
14
13
12
11
11
14
14
12
10
10
Feels °C
20
18
15
16
14
14
13
17
16
16
13
12
11
10
10
13
13
11
9
9
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