Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 26 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
10.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Chadbourne Gulch today?

The current surf forecast for Chadbourne Gulch at 1PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (26 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
2
3
!
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
2
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)9101010101010101010101010101010111110101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13891594109212191354146013381076817640627585653904940901868813735701727555441321
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
E
0
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
E
5
E
5
NE
5
E
5
ENE
5
W
10
WNW
0
N
0
W
5
E
5
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
1.67
8:34PM
1.21
6:48AM
1.62
9:20PM
1.31
8:04AM
1.61
9:58PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04PM
-0.14
12:41AM
0.88
2:07PM
-0.14
2:03AM
0.76
3:00PM
-0.13
3:07AM
0.59
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise7:09-------7:07-------7:05-------
Sunset---7:31-------7:32-------7:34----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C61215141413131313161715141414131316161614141313
Feels °C (?)28121212109910141413121212101114141513121211
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