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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	Thu		Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	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	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	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	11
Energy(?)	831	1170	2311	2002	1721	1151	783	1084	697	549	611	1164	1029	1172	1586	2102	1390	1062	912	2234	4759	5461
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:26PM 1.70	9:30AM 2.31		12:24AM 1.34	10:07AM 2.31		12:54AM 1.36	3:51AM 1.04		1:30AM 1.38	11:30AM 1.84		2:07AM 1.41	12:10PM 1.77		2:51AM 1.45		1:01PM 1.66	3:19AM 1.50		1:30PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	4:26PM 0.22	3:30AM 1.40		5:03PM 0.18		4:08AM 1.41	5:41PM 0.17		8:22PM 0.13	6:18PM -0.16		5:37AM 1.03	6:54PM -0.14		6:24AM 1.02		7:29PM -0.09	7:18AM 1.00		8:06PM -0.01	8:17AM 1.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	14	1	-	-	2	17	2	-	-	-	-	9	18	17	2	-	25	13	2	2
High °C	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	15	15	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	13	12	11	12	12
Low °C	14	14	14	13	11	12	12	13	14	11	9	11	10	9	9	9	9	11	9	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	14	14	12	11	12	11	9	10	9	10	10	8	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	-
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 NW	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	10	10	10	11	6	11	10	14	13	9	8	8	8	15	15	18	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	1.4 S	2.0 S	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	7	9	10	11

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	7:30AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River 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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	0.8 SW	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	12	10	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	787	647	626	681	1091	875	1085	2311	177	2002	2156	1982	1721	1633	1506	1359	1138	1080	1001	1001	1084	841
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					11:48PM 1.31			9:40AM 1.89					12:17AM 1.34				10:23AM 1.89				12:45AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			4:26PM 0.22			3:30AM 1.40					5:06PM -0.15				4:14AM 1.02				5:41PM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	10	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	1	9
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	11	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	11	10	10	11	12	13	13	10	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	0.8 SW	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	12	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	18	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	1:30PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River 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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	0.9 SW	1.5 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	965	767	787	763	911	647	647	865	335	838	980	980	971	1084	1170	1192	1238	1359	1610	1711	1085	1203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														11:41PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)							4:26PM 0.22											3:34AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	19	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	18	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	0.4 SW	1.5 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 NW	0.2 SSE	1.3 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	3	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	4	4	4	11	-	-

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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