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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek 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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	4	4	1	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	0	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 SW	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	16	15	14	13	7	11	13	14	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	298	312	476	395	157	400	1096	292	2460	4283	6693	5571	3091	1962	1798	1914	1966	2377	3724	4230	4360	3165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:08AM 1.85	6:05PM 1.05		5:01AM 1.91		7:33PM 1.47	5:55AM 2.36		9:01PM 1.20	7:04AM 2.03		9:41PM 1.67	8:12AM 2.09		10:24PM 1.76	9:09AM 2.12		11:18PM 1.47	10:02AM 2.10		11:47PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		11:35AM 0.21		10:03PM 0.79	12:46PM 0.03		11:08PM 1.31		1:46PM 0.27	12:34AM 0.97		2:44PM -0.28	1:42AM 1.35		3:34PM -0.36	2:46AM 1.28		4:19PM -0.40	3:49AM 0.78		5:00PM -0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	15	15	12	13	12	14	17	13	12	15	12	13	14	14	14	15	14	12	16	13	12
Low °C	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	16	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	14	13	11	14	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	14	14	11	11	10	14	16	12	12	14	10	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	15	12	11
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.0 WSW	0.8 SW	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	11	10	15	14	13	13	11	13	14	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	2.0 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	10	9	6	18	16	-	19	12	17	16	16	15	15	18	17	10	10	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.6 SSW	-	1.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	5	7	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 26								Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	7	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	304	300	298	343	424	416	277	257	297	409	407	302	205	250	312	148	579	1117	1130	1229	1238	1358
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:17PM 1.11				4:08AM 1.85				5:50PM 1.43				4:55AM 2.28					7:55PM 1.10			6:08AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		9:12PM 0.62					11:31AM 0.64				10:03PM 0.79				12:46PM 0.03				11:12PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	11	12	15	15	12	13	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	9	9	11	14	14	11	12	10	10	10	13	12	10	11	11	12	13	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	16	10	10	15	15	14	14	14	13	7	6	12	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	17	16	16	10	16	15	10	10	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	16	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	6	5	5	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 25							Monday 26
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	17	16	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	269	350	304	304	303	300	286	260	223	376	362	360	255	385	424	320	398	398	393	408	402	468
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:17PM 1.11												4:02AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)						9:12PM 0.62														11:34AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	13	15	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	10	10	12	14	16	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	6	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5

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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