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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun		Monday 15			Tue	Wed	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	2	2	4	4	4	1	4	0	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	0.4 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.3 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 W	0.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	11	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	248	183	235	219	1458	1488	114	1287	1363	1912	2037	982	946	719	1107	1577	1475	1415	1058	893	467	394
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:24PM 1.15	7:33AM 1.80		9:32PM 1.19	7:58AM 1.83		10:02PM 1.62	8:31AM 1.86		11:10PM 1.28	9:05AM 1.88		11:41PM 1.31	9:40AM 1.89		12:17AM 1.34	10:07AM 2.31		12:50AM 1.36	3:51AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)		12:48AM 0.77		2:40PM 0.15	1:31AM 0.87		3:20PM 0.03	2:08AM 1.34		3:55PM -0.06	2:55AM 0.99		4:31PM -0.12	3:35AM 1.01		5:06PM -0.15		4:08AM 1.41	5:41PM 0.17		8:22PM 0.13	11:20AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	27	10	1	-	-	5	2	-
High °C	11	13	17	17	16	18	28	15	14	11	13	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	14	14
Low °C	10	11	15	16	15	17	27	14	13	10	10	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	11	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	11	13	17	17	16	18	28	15	13	9	13	14	15	13	11	12	13	11	10	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	6:01	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-
Sunset	4:51	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	0.4 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.3 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 W	0.8 NW
Period (s)	10	10	9	8	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 W	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 NW	0.8 W
Period (s)	15	14	14	9	13	14	15	11	12	13	12	11	13	13	12	14	12	10	10	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	7:30PM	10:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15
Energy(?)	214	248	236	239	211	173	186	200	169	377	581	780	1458	1809	1857	1790	1684	1372	1360	1519	73	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				8:24PM 1.15				7:12AM 2.19				9:25PM 1.19				7:58AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		1:56PM 0.29			12:48AM 0.77					2:40PM 0.15				1:32AM 0.87				3:13PM 0.39			6:12PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	1	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	11	12	12	12	14	14	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	17	15	16	15	15	29	26
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	12	11	12	14	14	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	17	15	16	15	15	29	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	8:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	9	13	13	13	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	1:30AM	2:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	12
Energy(?)	218	274	272	269	252	249	245	196	236	233	239	208	209	214	211	208	176	188	205	201	302	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											8:24PM 1.15										1:08AM 0.76
Low Tide / height (m)				1:56PM 0.29											12:49AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	13	13	11	10	9	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	12	10	10	8	10	10	9	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	13	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	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	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	3	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	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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