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.

Mendocino County Surf Forecast

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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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	Mon		Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	1	3	2	0	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 NW	1.0 WNW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	16	16	17	14	16	15	15	14	8	18	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	1482	1392	2012	1644	840	1241	677	480	414	758	643	563	853	1006	3307	1995	1246	967	1900	2218	1604	3046
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:37PM 1.72		7:32AM 1.38	5:54PM 1.63		8:23AM 1.45	7:14PM 1.58		8:55AM 1.94		8:31PM 1.55	9:43AM 1.61		9:23PM 1.53	10:05AM 1.67		2:12PM 0.65	2:34AM 0.74		11:11PM 1.47	11:02AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		12:09AM -0.04	12:08PM 0.96		1:15AM 0.02	1:31PM 0.84		2:06AM 0.48		2:35PM 0.68	2:55AM 0.15		3:27PM 0.52	3:35AM 0.25		4:08PM 0.76		8:17PM 0.11	4:51PM 0.23	4:38AM 0.48		5:26PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	14	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	14	14	13	22	14	13	14	13	13	17	14	16	18	19	17	15	15	12	13	15
Low °C	12	11	12	14	12	20	14	11	10	13	13	13	14	15	15	18	14	13	14	10	8	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	14	13	12	22	14	12	13	12	12	17	14	16	18	19	17	15	14	9	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-
Sunset	6:38	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 SW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	1.0 WNW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	16	8	8	16	15	8	8	8	18	16	15	14	13	15	14	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	19	18	16	16	-	14	14	8	13	15	14	14	7	8	16	16	15	11	17	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	-	3.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	12	12	-	12

	Monday 13				Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15				Thu		Wed		Thu
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	7:30AM	10:30AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	16
Energy(?)	1722	1482	1879	2171	2191	2251	2142	1254	1132	1713	1175	1132	1078	1028	866	561	1005	993	702	559	541	540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		4:30PM 1.72					7:32AM 1.38				6:01PM 1.63					8:17AM 1.86			7:14PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)					12:09AM -0.04				12:12PM 1.40				1:15AM 0.02									2:09AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	13	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	14	20	21	13	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	8	9	11	11	13	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	14	20	21	12	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	16	16	8	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.2 ENE	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	16	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	-	4	14	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	9:30PM	10:30PM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	20	20	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	687	1171	1171	1471	1843	1482	1549	1159	1238	2028	1796	1879	2120	2194	2191	1383	1860	1800	2347	1831	1834	1734
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						4:30PM 1.72															7:39AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)														12:09AM -0.04				10:10PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	11	13	13	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	10	12	12	11	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	20	20	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	10	10	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	9	9	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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