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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	Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Sat
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Ward Avenue CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Caspar 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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	0	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	7	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.4 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	13	13	11	11	12	11	11	10	9	12	11	10	10	14	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	954	1032	1386	974	1326	1638	4872	4746	1589	1631	2445	2220	706	951	765	1161	1773	8372	8098	5357	3184	2786
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:10PM 1.68	8:23AM 1.77		9:17PM 1.30	8:43AM 1.81		10:09PM 1.30	9:16AM 1.84		10:44PM 1.74	9:22AM 2.26		11:28PM 1.75	10:03AM 1.85		12:20AM 1.32	10:25AM 2.25		1:06AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		2:17PM 0.37	1:38AM 0.94		2:58PM 0.21	2:21AM 0.64		3:37PM 0.08	2:55AM 0.75		4:04PM 0.34	3:23AM 1.25		4:45PM -0.08	3:57AM 1.32		5:21PM -0.11		4:31AM 1.37	5:55PM 0.24		11:04AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	21	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	10	13	12	10	13	12	12	13	12	10	13	13	11	14
Low °C	15	13	11	13	14	12	14	11	9	12	12	9	12	10	11	13	11	9	12	12	10	12
Chill °C (?)	15	12	13	12	13	12	13	9	8	10	9	8	13	11	10	12	11	8	12	13	10	13
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.4 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	13	16	10	9	12	11	10	10	14	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	15	16	18	18	12	16	12	16	15	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	-	2.4 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	11	11	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	4:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	4	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	5.0 NW	5.5 NW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	1.8 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	9	10	11	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1034	1068	767	1028	1502	1758	1619	1411	1424	1489	1056	1326	1135	1712	1176	2582	4842	6959	3867	3491	2085	705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		7:47AM 1.72				8:18PM 1.30				8:23AM 1.77				9:24PM 1.30				8:39AM 1.81				2:11PM 0.46
Low Tide / height (m)				2:16PM 0.37				1:45AM 0.52				2:54PM 0.59				2:21AM 0.64				3:30PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	9	2	4	3	3	2	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	16	14	14	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	12	11	17
Chill °C (?)	11	14	15	14	14	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	10	12	9	9	16
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	2.5 W	0.3 SSW	1.8 W	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	14	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	1.1 NW	-
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	10	14	14	13	14	14	15	13	13	5	16	18	18	13	18	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	1.0 SSE	3.0 WNW	5.0 NW	5.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	9	10	11	10	11	11	12

	Saturday 15																			Sunday 16
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	8:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	4	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9
Energy(?)	1157	1149	912	1034	1034	1068	1064	1064	980	980	785	810	881	1353	2366	1640	1788	1856	1266	1189	928	721
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	on	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:54AM 1.72													8:18PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)											2:15PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	12	13	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	11	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	10	10	6	14	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	-	-	1.8 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	12	12	11	11	11	-	-	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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