Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 21 Feb 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
12.6° 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 4PM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Afternoon (21 Feb)8ft (2.4m)7s
Evening (21 Feb)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
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3
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
4
4
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
1.4
SW
2.2
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
Period(s) (?)9777889101010109141313131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)551894657271004135216462141262824001967972790755834976976809721677634624561486
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55PM
1.34
1:59AM
1.81
3:07PM
1.18
2:42AM
1.83
4:40PM
1.07
3:35AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
0.24
7:18PM
0.42
8:43AM
0.16
7:54PM
0.60
9:54AM
0.09
8:39PM
0.77
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------6:56-------
Sunset---5:58-------5:59-------6:00----
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part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
-------221-----------2811
Temp. °C91113121112121111111313131313141416171415141314
Feels °C (?)33655555669910111112121515141412910
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