Chadbourne Gulch surf break

Chadbourne Gulch surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 15 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
12.7° 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 9AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (15 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
!
4
4
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.9
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
NW
0.6
SSW
1.4
NW
2
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
Period(s) (?)1281212141010999888810101010101010977
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1479999114147412712781715686569701885121714111137865738589456408419179159
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
N
25
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
25
NNW
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
glassononglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:30AM
1.44
10:42PM
1.70
11:23AM
1.44
11:12PM
1.82
12:18PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
0.19
4:13PM
0.18
4:58AM
-0.03
4:48PM
0.28
5:43AM
-0.22
5:25PM
0.40
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise--6:37-------6:35-------6:35-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:52-------7:53--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C9910121211117545111314118889131312109
Feels °C (?)77810101192-1-215565554699997
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