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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	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.4 WNW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	9	11	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	3622	3141	2395	1523	1158	690	521	416	291	252	235	190	197	250	1519	1363	1213	1163	1546	1331	1606	1253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:09PM 1.36	9:35PM 0.43	5:38AM 1.67	5:28PM 1.22		6:17AM 1.72	6:57PM 1.15		6:53AM 1.76		8:24PM 1.15	7:26AM 1.80		9:25PM 1.19	7:44AM 2.22		10:18PM 1.24	8:18AM 2.25		11:03PM 1.28	9:05AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	10:40AM 0.78		11:10PM 0.43	11:58AM 0.63		11:19PM 0.46		1:04PM 0.46	12:04AM 0.62		1:54PM 0.66	12:48AM 0.77		2:41PM 0.15	1:32AM 0.87		3:20PM 0.03	2:15AM 0.95		3:56PM -0.06	2:56AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	8	-	-	5	2
High °C	15	14	14	17	14	14	16	13	14	15	15	15	19	17	17	16	15	14	13	13	11	11
Low °C	15	14	13	17	14	13	15	13	13	15	15	14	17	17	16	16	14	11	12	12	10	11
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	17	14	14	16	13	14	15	15	15	19	17	17	16	14	14	13	13	9	11
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	2.1 WNW	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.4 WNW	1.8 W
Period (s)	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	13	12	11	10	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.6 W	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	0.4 SSW	1.4 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	15	15	14	14	11	13	15	12	12	15	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu		Fri	Thursday 11			Friday 12								Saturday 13
	7AM	10AM	7:30AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	5	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	14	16	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	3006	3320	228	3141	3028	2946	2395	2217	1844	1523	1036	1158	1033	865	690	500	458	521	331	416	426	414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:54AM 1.61		6:33AM 0.70		4:02PM 1.36				5:38AM 1.67				5:28PM 1.22				6:17AM 1.72				6:57PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)							10:32PM 0.27				12:03PM 1.02				11:19PM 0.46					1:04PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	18	20	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	17	16	14	14	13	14	13	16	17	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	18	20	14	14	14	12	13	13	15	17	16	14	14	13	14	13	16	17	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	7:24	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	14	16	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	15	15	-	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	5	12	14	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Thu	Fri	Thursday 11	Friday 12
	5AM	6AM	1:30AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	5	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2845	2859	247	3151	3278	3622	3438	3329	3329	3266	2291	2837	3100	3068	3028	2117	2986	2946	1971	2701	2395	2395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:54AM 1.61	5:01AM 1.61											4:02PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)							10:40AM 0.78												10:26PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	18	14	14	15	17	16	15	14	17	16	13	13	14	15	14	14	15	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	17	14	14	15	17	16	15	13	17	16	13	13	14	15	14	14	15	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	15	15	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	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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