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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	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat		Sun				Mon		Tue				Wednesday 22			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	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	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	1	0	9	5	4	4	1	4	5	4	0	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.6 SSW	1.6 NW	3.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	1.6 SW	2.5 NW	1.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	8	8	18	16	16	13	14	13	16	14	13	12	12	21	18	16	14	13	13
Energy(?)	532	716	904	692	954	2761	4274	4107	137	1091	2716	11661	6612	3991	730	1946	2950	3941	3571	3831	2190	1458
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:10AM 1.53		8:15PM 1.93	9:36AM 1.61		9:23PM 1.53	10:05AM 1.67		10:16PM 1.50	10:24AM 1.76	2:35PM 0.63	11:04PM 1.47	10:55AM 1.76		11:49PM 1.43	11:25AM 1.78		12:34AM 1.39			1:26AM 1.35	12:08PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 0.72	2:51AM 0.56		3:27PM 0.52	3:35AM 0.25		4:11PM 0.37	4:09AM 0.36			4:39AM 0.48		5:27PM 0.12		5:07AM 0.59	6:01PM 0.05		10:05AM 0.04	6:37PM 0.00		6:04AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	15	14	13	16	15	15	18	15	13	18	15	14	15	14	14	15	13	11	15
Low °C	10	13	12	12	14	13	13	15	14	15	14	11	13	14	12	12	14	12	13	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	15	14	13	16	15	14	18	14	12	18	14	12	15	13	13	14	12	10	15
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	6:35	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.6 SSW	1.6 NW	0.4 SSW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	7	15	7	8	8	18	16	16	13	14	15	16	14	13	-	12	11	18	16	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	15	14	14	7	8	8	4	15	11	15	16	16	-	24	21	15	16	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.6 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	13	8	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	7:30AM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	7:30AM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	1	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.2 SW	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	0.8 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	8	14	8	20	18	18	17	16	16	13	16	15	15
Energy(?)	642	504	513	716	880	910	856	869	816	728	573	954	1652	1916	2761	3370	3570	4274	215	4107	3411	2942
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:56AM 1.57				8:24PM 1.55				9:29AM 1.64				9:23PM 1.53				10:05AM 1.67				10:16PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)				2:35PM 0.68				2:56AM 0.15				3:27PM 0.52				3:34AM 0.25				4:11PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	15	13	11	12	12	12	12	15	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	16	22	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	11	12	14	12	11	12	11	12	12	15	12	14	13	13	13	14	14	16	22	15	16	14
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	6:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 SW	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	0.8 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	7	7	7	8	8	8	14	8	20	7	18	17	16	16	13	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	0.2 E	1.3 NW	0.5 SW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	7	7	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	-	14	13	18	7	13	9	8	4	8	16	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	9:30AM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	5:30PM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	1	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 SW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 SW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	550	461	450	651	532	532	532	640	640	578	890	716	716	1014	880	811	817	910	795	848	705	809
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					9:03AM 1.53											8:31PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)										2:34PM 0.72												2:56AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	11	11	13	13	12	16	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	10	10	11	13	13	12	15	12	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 SW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 SW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	8	16	16	16	7	7	7	14	14	14	15	15	15	7	7	7	7	7	15	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	8	8	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	-	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

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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