Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 19 Jan 2026 PST
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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
12.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chadbourne Gulch today?

The current surf forecast for Chadbourne Gulch at 7PM is: 0.6m 19s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)--
Afternoon (19 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
0.9
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313181818161616151514141313131313121212121612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)326265295340553655669125510259111392135413171032875875759747593480411404371521
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
0
NW
5
ESE
0
SSE
5
ENE
5
NE
0
NW
5
W
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NE
5
ESE
5
N
5
NE
5
NNE
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:48AM
1.91
12:50AM
1.45
11:27AM
1.86
1:18AM
1.51
12:09PM
1.76
1:47AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
-0.18
5:25AM
0.85
6:20PM
-0.13
6:12AM
0.79
6:51PM
-0.05
7:03AM
0.72
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-------7:31-------7:31-------7:30
Sunset-5:19-------5:20-------5:21------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141211101112121314131112111211121313121212121214
Feels °C (?)12101091011111213121011101110111212111111111013
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