Mendocino County Surf

Detailed Mendocino County surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Mendocino County. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Mendocino County. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Mendocino County over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Mendocino County and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Mendocino County Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Mendocino County Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Mendocino County coastline are also listed below.

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	Sun		Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri		Saturday 01			Sunday 02
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	0	4	4	0	3	0	0	5	4	0	4	3	0	4	1	8	5	1	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.4 SW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	15	14	13	12	11	21	14	12	17	16	13	14	14
Energy(?)	8153	2955	3482	1926	1593	1015	748	547	718	5264	4397	5008	2375	1489	898	1884	302	12195	9857	938	4185	3444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			5:19AM 1.60	2:35PM 2.09		6:25AM 1.75	3:32PM 1.50		7:20AM 1.69	4:25PM 1.83		7:39AM 1.42	6:09PM 1.42		8:14AM 1.49	7:32PM 1.43		8:31AM 2.01		8:33PM 1.45	9:16AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		9:29PM 0.10	8:20AM 1.54		10:24PM 0.13	9:55AM 1.64		11:24PM 0.16	11:19AM 1.55		12:19AM 0.16	12:48PM 1.00		1:09AM 0.18	1:50PM 0.77		2:00AM 0.21		2:42PM 0.53	2:35AM 0.28		3:29PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	12	12	12	16	16	14	19	14	12	14	13	12	16	15	24	15	15	15	15	15
Low °C	13	10	9	12	11	12	15	13	15	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	24	13	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	10	10	10	12	16	16	14	19	12	10	12	11	10	15	14	24	15	14	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-
Sunset	6:21	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	7:51	-	6:14	7:52	-	6:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 SW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	17	12	12	12	11	8	15	14	13	18	22	10	14	12	17	16	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	16	17	12	17	16	16	16	11	15	19	19	24	10	15	20	18	19	18	21	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	12	12	-	-	6	6	7	7	-	13	12	11	7	5	3	-	-	13	-	-

	Sunday 26				Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wed
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	4	5	4	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	11
Energy(?)	4683	6573	4530	2140	1743	1392	4381	1847	3173	1391	2092	3301	1858	1788	1741	1210	1139	925	908	774	676	1252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:46PM 1.63						5:12AM 1.23			2:18PM 1.97					6:21AM 1.25			3:12PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)				9:39PM 0.54				8:34AM 1.09				10:24PM 0.14				9:51AM 1.11					11:23PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	12	9	9	8	9	11	15	15	12	12	11	11	11	16	14	17	13	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	14	10	9	7	7	6	7	10	13	13	11	10	10	10	10	16	13	16	12	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.1 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	0.4 SW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	16	16	13	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	11	11	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	17	12	19	16	16	17	17	17	17	14	12	17	17	16	16	16	16	13	16	16	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	6	13	13	-	-	-	12	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	12	7	7	6	11

	Sunday 26												Monday 27
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	4	5	4	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	5108	4919	3922	3204	3329	8153	6056	5617	4530	4530	4278	8277	3799	6642	2955	2339	2397	4686	2402	2071	1857	3932
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:36PM 2.04																5:12AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)											9:29PM 0.10											8:33AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	15	15	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	11	10	10	10	8	10
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	15	15	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	7	9	7	8	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.5 SW	2.5 WNW	0.5 SW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	13	16	13	13	12	17	12	17	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	6	6	12	19	19	19	20	16	20	16	16	16	12	17	12	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	-	1.5 S	1.5 S	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW
Period (s)	5	6	-	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	12

Mendocino County Surf Breaks

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Mendocino County has a mixture of sandy and rocky breaks, with a lot of breaks being inaccessible, Highway 1 runs most of this stretch of coast. The water tends to stay quite chilly so a 4/3 plus wetsuit will be needed year round. There are facilities all up and down the coast line, but don't be fooled into thinking this area holds a California paradise of surf, as most places are rocky and unrideable. Crowds are quite common and so are Sharks so beware.

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