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

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	Tue		Wed				Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat		Sun				Monday 23			Tue
	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	1	3	3	2	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	4	1	0	4	3	0	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	4.0 NW	0.9 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	13	12	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	7	9	9	13	10	9	10	12	12	11	18
Energy(?)	865	1050	223	773	663	495	488	563	615	798	704	732	1091	2548	278	2898	1334	794	2328	2090	879	429
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:35AM 1.66		11:37PM 1.55	11:24AM 1.77		12:03AM 1.66	12:17PM 1.58		12:31AM 1.76	1:08PM 1.49		4:14PM 0.95	2:00PM 1.48		1:38AM 1.87		3:08PM 1.25	2:12AM 1.87		4:24PM 1.14	2:54AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)		5:01PM -0.02		5:20AM 0.41	5:39PM 0.12		5:58AM 0.16	6:04PM 0.16		6:44AM 0.02	6:38PM 0.30		7:39AM -0.04	7:12PM 0.45		8:26AM -0.15	7:49PM 0.60		9:28AM -0.16		8:35PM 1.27	10:35AM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	20	18	19	17	19	19	19	16	23	14	14	11	24	14	14	13	13	14	13	13
Low °C	15	19	19	14	18	16	16	17	17	14	23	11	11	11	23	10	12	10	9	14	11	12
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	18	19	17	19	19	19	16	23	12	12	8	24	13	13	13	11	12	12	12
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	7:22	7:37	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:27	7:30	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 NW	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	0.4 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	13	14	13	12	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	11	15	15	13	10	14	10	11	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 W	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	16	-	15	15	15	14	12	12	11	11	16	12	12	-	14	21	13	13	19	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	4.0 NW	0.2 ESE	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	6	5	5	7	9	9	2	10	9	-	12	12	-	-

	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18			Thu	Wednesday 18				Thursday 19
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	4:30AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch 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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Caspar Creek 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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.8 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	17	18	16	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	11	11	11	10	10	14	14	10	10	10
Energy(?)	708	571	525	180	276	1050	1153	1222	1230	1059	844	226	383	686	631	569	555	440	425	438	440	547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	on	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:06PM 1.44			10:37AM 1.80					11:37PM 1.55			3:17AM 0.80	11:24AM 1.77				12:03AM 1.66				12:02PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		4:32AM 0.49					5:01PM -0.02				5:16AM 0.32				5:32PM 0.05				5:59AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	16	17	16	19	16	16	15	16	14	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	21	25	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	17	15	19	16	16	15	16	14	15	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	21	25	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.8 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	17	6	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	14	18	9	5	11	16	16	16	16	16	15	-	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	4

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	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	4:30AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch 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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Caspar Creek 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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	6	6	18	18	16	16	13	16	12	12	16	16	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	694	715	485	215	183	571	571	482	482	543	623	216	180	656	797	899	1027	1123	1118	1049	888	1142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:06PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)						4:32AM 0.49													5:02PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	19	19	19	19	16	14	18	19	16
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	16	17	19	19	19	19	16	13	18	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	17	6	17	17	6	6	6	13	13	13	16	12	16	16	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.3 SW	0.8 NW	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	17	6	14	18	18	18	5	5	5	5	15	5	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	0.8 SE	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.8 NW	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	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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