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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri				Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12
	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gualala Rivermouth CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch 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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	1	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	0	4	5	4	4	3	0	4	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	15
Energy(?)	380	7348	5834	3676	1691	1631	1723	1518	1738	3204	2464	3374	2551	2761	1776	1408	844	943	1065	858	1100	1544
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:10AM 1.70		2:05PM 1.33	2:37AM 1.69		5:26AM 0.63	6:26PM 0.74		4:39PM 1.03	3:56AM 1.64		6:41PM 1.12		4:47AM 1.62		8:03PM 1.56	5:46AM 1.62		9:19PM 1.13	6:45AM 1.66		9:41PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		8:14AM 0.48		7:54PM 0.41	9:15AM 0.42	11:42AM 0.05		10:22AM 0.38		8:57PM 0.77	11:41AM 0.41		9:39PM 0.91	12:43PM 0.24	11:41AM 0.08	11:05PM 1.50		1:41PM 0.15	12:20AM 1.02		2:29PM 0.06	1:19AM 1.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	15	13	13	17	14	13	15	14	11	13	11	12	10	10	10	12	11	10	14	11	9
Low °C	21	14	13	12	15	13	13	15	11	9	11	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	9	13	10	8
Chill °C (?)	22	15	13	13	17	14	12	15	13	8	11	9	11	8	10	8	11	9	9	13	9	8
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	8:25	-	5:40	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	4	13	-	13	15	14	12	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	18	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Thu		Friday 06			Sat		Friday 06			Saturday 07				Sun	Saturday 07			Sunday 08
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	4:30AM	7:30AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	7:30AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch 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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Usal Beach 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
Rating	5	7	6	6	6	1	1	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	0.8 SSW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	16	16	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	4249	6076	7672	7808	7633	285	283	5812	4995	4297	3676	3073	2263	1869	218	1485	1732	1935	1987	1785	1757	1518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:03AM 1.70			5:17AM 0.73	2:05PM 1.33				2:39AM 1.82			5:26AM 0.63	3:15PM 1.70				3:14AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		7:22PM 0.23								7:54PM 0.41				9:15AM 0.42				8:25PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	13	13	12	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	17	15	13	14	13	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	16	13	12	13	12	14	13	14	13	13	11	12	13	12	16	15	13	14	12	12	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	0.8 SSW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W
Period (s)	17	17	17	16	16	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 W
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	14	-	14	12	12	12	12	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 05	Friday 06	Sat	Friday 06
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	4:30PM	5:30PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	1:30AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch 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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Usal Beach 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
Rating	5	7	6	6	6	1	1	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	0.9 SSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	17	13	13	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	3031	2907	3429	3429	6772	380	386	7672	7672	7823	7588	7808	8021	7826	333	6837	7442	7348	6859	6771	6683	6325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)											2:04AM 1.83											1:59PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)				7:23PM 0.21													8:15AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	14	14	13	22	22	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	12	13	14	14	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	14	14	13	22	22	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	15	11	13	14	14	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	0.9 SSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	17	13	13	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	18	13	13	13	13	4	4	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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