Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 18 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
12.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Chadbourne Gulch today?

The current surf forecast for Chadbourne Gulch at 1PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
1
3
3
1
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)1615151515141414141414141488131514131212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)253256246188188218215215229223217210207306257198537103314201599145012001001764
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
E
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
E
10
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
S
15
S
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crossoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:14PM
1.36
12:23AM
1.96
2:14PM
1.30
1:05AM
1.96
3:19PM
1.23
1:53AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
-0.36
6:03PM
0.52
7:20AM
-0.43
6:45PM
0.63
8:14AM
-0.44
7:32PM
0.74
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise6:33-------6:31-------6:31-------
Sunset---7:54-------7:55-------7:57----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------136545111
Temp. °C111514131212121112151415121212121112111211111211
Feels °C (?)10131211101010810111012910989109121010119
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