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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Sat		Sun				Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	4	0	0	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 S	4.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.7 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	8	10	9	10	13	11	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	10	8	9	18	17
Energy(?)	511	715	649	617	869	3561	1704	2585	174	2581	1369	979	638	991	1154	620	641	249	762	1588	2181	2798
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)			10:46PM 1.38	8:58AM 2.65		11:26PM 1.48	10:07AM 2.31		12:11AM 1.85	10:57AM 2.18		1:00AM 1.55	11:41AM 2.06		1:42AM 1.60	12:34PM 1.99		2:23AM 1.64		1:25PM 1.67	3:04AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		3:44PM -0.42	2:51AM 0.93		4:31PM -0.16	3:48AM 0.95		5:19PM -0.18		4:45AM 0.86	6:04PM -0.41		5:43AM 0.82	6:48PM -0.32		6:46AM 0.89		7:29PM -0.16	7:48AM 0.85		8:08PM 0.03	8:51AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	3	3	2	-	1	19	1	2	-	14	6	4	11	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	20	12	11	12	12	10	11	13	13	11	11	11	8	10
Low °C	12	13	13	15	14	13	14	14	20	11	11	11	10	10	11	12	11	8	10	10	6	9
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	14	13	12	11	11	20	10	11	10	12	9	10	13	12	10	8	8	5	7
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	8:39	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	13	13	12	12	13	11	10	10	9	12	11	10	10	10	23	21	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.3 SW	0.5 W	-	0.4 SE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 NW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	12	12	15	14	10	18	13	-	4	15	15	9	8	9	7	7	7	7	6	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	2.1 S	4.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	1.2 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	7	6	8	10	9	10	3	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	8	9	10	8

	Thursday 01								Friday 02								Saturday 03
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Ward Avenue CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Virgin Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	1.0 NW	4.0 S	3.5 SSW	0.8 NW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	11	11	11	10	7	8	9	13	10	10	12	9	9	10
Energy(?)	520	615	963	1015	675	489	618	740	630	550	513	617	752	869	1246	385	3561	2856	304	1704	1952	2585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	10:01PM 1.30			8:05AM 2.59					10:36PM 1.74			9:06AM 2.24					11:33PM 1.45			9:58AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)		1:49AM 0.92				3:44PM -0.44				2:50AM 0.93					4:33PM -0.49			3:49AM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	6	8	1	1	3	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	7	1	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	12	14	13	13	11	12	11	10	10	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 WNW	1.4 S	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	12	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.7 S	1.3 S	1.2 W	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	13	7	8	12	12	12	15	15	15	14	14	14	10	10	10	18	18	18	13	13	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	3	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Ward Avenue CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Virgin Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	511	511	547	400	404	494	649	657	657	683	719	1038	1031	782	782	453	712	703	443	764	689	707
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:01PM 1.30										8:23AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)				1:44AM 1.31														3:45PM -0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	13	12	12	11	12	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	10	9	10	12	10	10	13	12	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	8	7	7	12	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.6 SSE	0.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSE	1.5 S
Period (s)	5	6	6	5	5	7	3	5	5	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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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