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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	Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri		Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	9	5	5	4	4	0	4	0	4	4	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	1	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 SW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	22	13	13	16	13
Energy(?)	4290	4832	11022	5500	3626	2345	1224	1485	1026	1299	1469	2605	979	1268	1374	979	579	973	1354	2040	1131	2970
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	4:25AM 0.97		3:54AM 1.26	1:42PM 1.63	4:48AM 0.93		5:12AM 1.23	2:32PM 1.56		6:21AM 1.25	3:32PM 1.50		7:11AM 1.31	4:50PM 1.48		7:46AM 1.39	6:09PM 1.42		8:14AM 1.49	7:25PM 1.43		8:31AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		11:21AM 0.16	8:37PM 0.06	7:43AM 1.03	11:50AM 0.23	9:29PM 0.10	8:34AM 1.09		10:25PM 0.13	9:52AM 1.11		11:24PM 0.16	11:28AM 1.07		12:19AM 0.16	12:49PM 0.95		1:09AM 0.18	1:50PM 0.77		1:45AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	12	12	12	15	13	13	15	15	15	17	15	13	17	17	13	16	15	29	18
Low °C	15	15	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	12	13	17	13	12	14	23	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	11	11	11	14	12	12	15	14	14	16	13	11	16	17	11	15	14	29	18
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:14	7:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	0.5 W	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 SW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	11	8	13	13	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	18	18	18	16	16	17	17	17	16	12	16	16	15	11	10	18	16	21	21	12	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	2.4 WNW	1.3 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	11	6	11	9	9	9	8	6	5	3	-

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	7:30PM	10:30PM	8AM	11AM	7:30AM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach 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	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	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	1	1	5	5	1	5	6	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	15	15	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	73	82	3633	4347	74	4832	7316	11175	11022	9143	7454	6083	4474	3398	3155	2708	2345	1910	1738	1600	1122	2633
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)										4:01AM 1.23			1:46PM 1.63						5:12AM 1.23			2:18PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		9:20PM 0.04	7:05AM 1.02					8:38PM 0.05			7:43AM 1.03					9:29PM 0.10				8:34AM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	15	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	19	15	16	15	15	14	13	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	11	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-
Sunset	7:44	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	15	15	11	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	2	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12

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	5:30PM	6:30PM	2AM	3AM	9:30PM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach 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	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	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	1	1	5	5	1	5	6	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.5 SW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	15	15	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	125	72	3934	5871	79	5516	5240	5223	4842	4583	4598	4290	4186	4089	4184	4371	4505	4832	5521	6533	3629	4523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				2:55AM 1.26											1:08PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)					9:20PM 0.04				7:06AM 0.97													8:39PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	14	14	18	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	20	20	12	12	18	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.5 SW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	15	15	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	-	13	13	-	13	13	19	19	19	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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