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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	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek 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	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	3	0	3	3	4	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	17	15	16	16	15	16	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	16	14	14	8	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	636	471	650	720	626	781	1090	1086	610	642	714	538	622	493	287	278	368	903	796	1432	731	775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:31PM 1.69	6:03AM 1.83					9:26PM 1.32	8:33AM 1.40		9:46PM 1.51			10:14PM 1.57	10:19AM 1.44		10:35PM 1.70	11:20AM 1.51		11:05PM 1.82	12:11PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	12:53PM 0.09		12:49AM 1.50	1:40PM 0.59					2:46AM 0.61		3:04PM 0.07	3:36AM 0.47		3:38PM 0.11	4:15AM 0.19		4:13PM 0.18	4:59AM -0.03	5:04AM -0.01	4:55PM 0.34		5:44AM -0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	1	4	2	12	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	12	12	13	9	10	12	11	12	11	10	10	11	9	13	11	11	12	13	13	12
Low °C	12	14	11	12	8	8	8	11	10	11	11	8	8	11	7	9	11	7	6	13	8	8
Chill °C (?)	13	14	11	10	11	5	10	10	10	10	8	7	8	9	7	11	11	8	11	10	10	10
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	17	15	16	16	15	7	10	10	10	9	15	14	14	14	16	14	8	15	15	14	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	13	12	12	11	16	16	15	14	15	16	18	13	13	12	12	14	12	18	18	14	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	-	0.7 N	0.6 NNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	4	6	-	4	4	-	-	9	9	9	8	5	5	-	8	9	8	-	-

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	0	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	706	777	524	471	547	528	604	692	716	737	622	626	590	610	667	2648	1141	1422	887	763	811	794
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:06AM 1.36					8:31PM 1.69			6:30AM 1.35					9:02PM 1.23			7:39AM 1.37					9:19PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)			12:50PM 0.61				12:49AM 1.50				1:44PM 0.08				1:53AM 0.78					2:32PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	2	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	11	3	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	10	8	9	8	8	10	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	5	8	5	7	6	7	10	9	9	8	9
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	6	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSE	-	-	3.0 SW	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.2 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	5	6	6	-	-	9	3	4	7	4	-	-

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	0	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	16	16
Energy(?)	756	711	659	653	746	636	529	541	704	701	681	640	471	555	547	492	439	543	257	276	650	675
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:06AM 1.36															8:23PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)								12:50PM 0.61												12:48AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	12	15	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	7	7	13	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6

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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