Mendocino County Surf

Mendocino County Surf Forecast

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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Mendocino County Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Virgin Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Ward Avenue CAL - Mendocino County	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	1	1	4	2	1	4	0	0	4	2	1	3	3	4	4	3	1	4	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 SSW	3.5 NW	1.2 SSW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	18	8	9	12	18	8	17	7	8	8	9	8	8	24	23	21	20	20	19	18	18	8
Energy	932	1501	2320	2054	1567	2625	1180	1308	1991	1533	1043	1136	773	902	1078	1838	1686	2114	1951	1941	2123	1714
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:24AM 2.25		4:01PM 1.24	2:05AM 2.15		4:50PM 1.25	2:50AM 2.02		5:28PM 1.31	3:46AM 1.88		6:02PM 1.40	4:58AM 1.18		6:42PM 1.50		6:31AM 1.09	7:16PM 1.63		7:59AM 1.07	7:38PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		8:45AM -0.15		8:34PM 1.55	9:37AM 0.46		9:35PM 1.54	10:06AM -0.02		10:46PM 1.48	10:49AM 0.05		11:47PM 0.74	11:34AM 0.19		12:56AM 0.54	12:15PM 0.30		1:57AM 0.30	12:59PM 0.46		2:50AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	13	13	17	21	13	16	12	12	14	10	12	11	13	14	14	12	13	12	13	13	12
Low °C	10	12	13	10	14	13	8	11	12	7	9	11	10	10	13	12	12	13	9	11	13	9
Chill °C (?)	18	11	10	16	21	10	15	9	9	12	8	10	9	12	13	13	11	11	10	11	10	9
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	10	18	19	16	12	18	17	16	16	9	16	15	15	8	8	9	20	20	19	18	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.1 S	1.0 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 NW
Period (s)	18	15	12	19	18	13	11	12	12	16	18	18	26	14	14	21	14	13	13	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	3.5 NW	1.2 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	7	8	9	12	7	8	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	-	-	-	9	6	7	8	8	8

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	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Virgin Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	1	3	3	4	2	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.0 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	15	19	18	10	8	8	9	9	9	19	12	12	18	18	9	8	11	17	17	17	16	7
Energy	1136	986	932	1288	1364	1501	1973	2320	2269	1573	2054	1696	2811	1567	2008	2625	1968	1325	1180	1588	1520	1308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			1:24AM 2.25					4:01PM 1.24				2:05AM 2.15				4:50PM 1.25				2:50AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	7:20PM 0.92					8:45AM -0.15				8:34PM 1.55				9:37AM 0.46				9:35PM 1.54				10:06AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	10	10	11	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	14	21	14	13	16	10	9	8	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	8	9	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	13	21	11	10	15	8	7	6	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	14	18	18	19	19	17	19	16	16	17	12	18	18	18	17	17	11	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.1 S
Period (s)	15	14	18	18	14	15	12	12	20	16	19	19	18	18	13	13	-	11	11	17	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	6	6	7	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	7	9	8	11	7	7	7	11	7

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Virgin Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Ward Avenue CAL - Mendocino County	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	1	3	3	4	2	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	15	15	15	6	19	19	19	18	18	18	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9
Energy	734	920	1136	1155	937	986	999	907	932	928	1334	1288	1334	1166	1364	1500	1439	1501	1393	1530	1973	2053
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									1:24AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)			7:20PM 0.92													8:48AM -0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	12	11	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	11	13	13	17	18	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	15	10	8	12	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	11	11	16	18	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	10	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	11	15	15	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	14	14	14	15	15	15	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	10	10	10	-	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9

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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