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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Mendocino County Wavefinder

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	Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sun
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven 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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch 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	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	17	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	18	16	15	15
Energy(?)	1832	4450	6933	3537	3912	2810	1727	1564	1510	2611	2979	1692	1312	1175	922	621	571	506	863	1274	1658	1775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:48PM 1.04		5:50AM 1.74		8:26PM 1.08	6:34AM 1.76		9:33PM 1.15	7:19AM 1.79		10:24PM 1.22	8:04AM 1.95		10:50PM 1.26	8:45AM 1.87		11:19PM 1.31			11:47PM 1.35	10:04AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	12:25PM 0.37		10:49PM 0.82		1:26PM 0.25	11:44PM 0.94		2:15PM 0.13	12:47AM 1.01		2:57PM 0.03	1:44AM 1.02		3:42PM -0.02	2:35AM 1.01		4:13PM -0.12	3:19AM 0.98	10:43AM 0.10	4:46PM -0.16		4:01AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	14	11	12	15	12	13	13	13	14	17	15	14	18	17	15	19	18	15	14
Low °C	11	11	9	12	11	11	12	11	10	11	12	13	16	14	14	17	15	15	17	15	12	14
Chill °C (?)	11	9	9	14	10	12	15	11	13	12	13	14	17	15	14	18	17	15	19	18	15	14
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30
Sunset	-	5:10	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	12	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	17	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	18	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.8 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 W	1.5 W	0.2 S	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 W	0.3 NNW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	20	12	13	13	12	5	12	12	19	12	11	7	8	8	8	14	8	20	11	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 11						Monday 12								Tuesday 13				Wed	Tuesday 13
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	7:30AM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch 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	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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek 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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1475	1832	2802	4450	7174	7355	6933	5852	4990	4639	4230	3135	3560	3243	2810	2215	1958	1727	371	1564	1382	1363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:14AM 1.73				6:48PM 1.04				5:50AM 1.74					8:27PM 1.18			6:34AM 1.76					9:33PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)			12:26PM 0.37				10:49PM 0.82					1:25PM 0.25			11:44PM 0.94					2:15PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	11	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	16	12	11	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	9	10	9	9	8	8	10	10	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	15	11	10	13
Sunrise	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	6:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.8 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	20	20	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	5	12	12	12	-	12	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Sunday 11	Monday 12
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	5:30PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch 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	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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek 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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.5 SW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	10	17	17	16
Energy(?)	1266	1227	1284	1522	1654	1832	1832	2802	2802	3303	3529	3709	5659	5672	7174	7012	7320	7355	57	7100	6933	6414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:07AM 1.73													6:48PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)									12:26PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	10	11	11	10	10	10	20	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	8	10	10	9	9	9	20	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.5 SW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	10	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	4	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

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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