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Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 20 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
12.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Chadbourne Gulch today?

The current surf forecast for Chadbourne Gulch at 4PM is: 1.5m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (20 Jan)5ft (1.5m)15s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)14s

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

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.3
W
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616151514141313131313121212121612161514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)669125510259111392135413171032875892759747593480480418371452527456763472431378
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
0
SSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
NE
0
NNW
5
WSW
0
NE
5
NNE
0
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NE
0
ENE
0
E
5
SSE
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on		glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27AM
1.86
1:18AM
1.51
12:09PM
1.76
1:47AM
1.58
12:55PM
1.62
2:18AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
0.85
6:20PM
-0.13
6:12AM
0.79
6:51PM
-0.05
7:03AM
0.72
7:22PM
0.08
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-7:31-------7:31-------7:30------
Sunset---5:20-------5:21-------5:22----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121314131111121312131513121413131214141211101010
Feels °C (?)10121312911111211121312111313121113121110999
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