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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Mendocino County Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Fri	Sat					Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30
	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	1	1	1	1	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	5	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	4.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	17	15	13	13	12
Energy(?)	6411	175	114	110	80	5983	11103	4094	2291	2795	1713	2067	1668	1426	1119	481	241	2706	4096	2629	2653	2196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:07AM 1.31	12:36PM 1.73		2:59AM 1.26	1:08PM 1.69		4:03PM 0.40					5:12AM 0.87	3:41PM 0.36		3:32PM 1.50		7:11AM 1.31	6:08AM 0.70		7:46AM 1.39	6:12PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		6:34AM 0.89	7:54PM 0.02		7:06AM 0.97			9:31PM 0.04		9:33PM 0.07	9:40PM 0.05	12:27PM 0.30		9:45PM 0.07			11:28AM 1.07		12:19AM 0.16	12:49PM 0.95		1:15AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	4	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	18	20	17	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	17	17	17	16	14	13	17	13	11
Low °C	12	14	18	19	16	14	11	12	13	12	12	14	13	14	17	16	13	13	11	13	12	10
Chill °C (?)	12	15	18	20	16	14	12	12	11	13	14	13	14	17	17	17	15	12	12	17	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:44	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	4.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.5 SW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	12	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	12	17	12	12	12	11	11	17	15	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	16	14	14	13	18	18	18	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	6	10	14	14	18	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	-	2.3 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	4	6	6	6	-	8	7

	Thu		Friday 24				Sat		Fri		Sat		Sun		Sat	Sun	Sat	Sunday 26
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	7:30AM	10:30AM	8PM	11PM	7:30PM	10:30PM	1:30AM	4:30AM	2PM	10:30AM	8PM	4:30PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	6	6	5	5	5	5	1	1	5	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	8	1	9	7	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SW	5.0 WNW	2.2 WSW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	16	16	12	12	15	15	12	13	13	13	15	13	14	8	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	6818	6723	6411	6029	5723	5688	162	114	6268	6349	73	86	80	74	4430	26	10368	682	11103	8924	6763	5089
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				2:07AM 1.31										4:25AM 0.97	1:08PM 1.69			4:03PM 0.40		4:01AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	7:13PM -0.01				6:34AM 0.89				7:58PM -0.02			9:20PM 0.04									7:48AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	12	15	16	18	15	14	19	17	16	16	15	17	13	16	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	11	12	15	15	18	14	13	19	16	15	15	14	16	12	14	10	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SW	5.0 WNW	-	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	16	16	12	12	15	15	12	13	11	13	15	13	14	-	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	20	15	14	19	13	3	6	13	11	18	-	18	-	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 N	0.6 NNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	-	1.5 W	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	3	3	4	4	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	2AM	3AM	9:30PM	10:30PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	8AM	2:30AM	10AM	4:30AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	6	6	5	5	5	5	1	1	5	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	8	1	9	7	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	3.5 WNW	0.7 SW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	18	17	17	17	12	12	16	16	12	12	12	12	16	12	16	12	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	4136	6818	6818	6942	6784	6723	220	216	6347	6227	203	203	173	174	5723	175	5688	190	5687	5687	5871	5871
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										2:10AM 1.33								4:03AM 0.99		12:36PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			7:13PM -0.01								9:09PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	13	13	13	15	15	12	12	14	14	14	14	12	14	13	14	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	13	12	15	14	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	16	16	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	3.5 WNW	0.7 SW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	18	18	17	17	17	12	12	16	16	12	12	12	12	16	12	16	12	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	19	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	14	16	20	16	20	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	4	-	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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