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

	Tuesday 17			Thu	Wed		Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	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	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	0	0	6	1	4	0	0	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	4.5 WNW	1.2 SW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 SSE	2.3 SSE	4.5 S	3.5 SSW	0.6 NW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	6	7	10	10	15	10	10	12	16	12
Energy(?)	4200	4225	6668	479	4278	1749	1656	1834	2065	746	522	296	255	796	3977	2652	362	2541	2288	2067	1895	1751
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:30AM 1.83		11:50PM 1.54	11:13AM 1.76		12:11AM 2.02	11:50AM 2.08		12:45AM 1.70	12:49PM 1.51				1:51PM 1.47	1:45AM 2.22		2:53PM 1.20	2:28AM 2.24		4:22PM 1.50	3:22AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)		5:15PM -0.11		5:14AM 0.55	5:44PM 0.39		5:56AM 0.88	6:15PM 0.09		6:49AM 0.33	6:45PM 0.70	11:15PM 0.09	7:43AM 0.24		7:17PM 0.88	8:44AM 0.16		7:54PM 1.06	9:52AM 0.55		8:39PM 1.22	11:09AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	2	8	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	3	9	3	3	3	4	-
High °C	9	8	7	19	9	7	8	8	8	9	10	7	10	10	13	14	12	10	14	13	12	14
Low °C	8	7	6	18	8	4	6	5	3	7	7	5	10	10	9	13	11	9	14	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	5	4	3	19	6	5	3	4	4	9	9	3	6	6	9	11	9	8	12	12	10	13
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.3 NW	4.5 WNW	1.2 SW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 NW	2.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 W
Period (s)	15	12	13	13	13	12	16	16	10	10	10	9	7	9	12	11	10	13	13	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.8 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	14	14	13	-	14	16	12	12	15	9	9	9	9	12	-	15	15	16	12	12	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SSE	4.5 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	4	6	7	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	6

	Tuesday 17						Wednesday 18					Thu	Wed		Thursday 19
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	10:30AM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	6	0	1	5	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 W	1.2 SW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	2428	4200	5106	6222	11018	12042	12641	6593	6593	6715	4832	479	4320	2986	1749	1778	4049	1656	1932	3103	3040	2376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			10:30AM 1.83				11:45PM 1.93				11:04AM 2.20				12:11AM 2.02				11:50AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	4:31AM 0.66				5:15PM 0.30				5:14AM 0.55				5:45PM -0.04				5:58AM 0.46				6:14PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	5	4	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	9	18	7	6	6	4	4	6	8	9	8	7
Chill °C (?)	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	6	18	6	3	2	0	0	2	3	4	3	2
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	2.3 NW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 W	1.2 SW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	15	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	16	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	2.0 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	14	15	14	12	13	13	13	13	18	13	-	15	16	16	16	16	12	12	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	-	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	10	11	11	-	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	11	10	10	11	11

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	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	10:30AM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	6	0	1	5	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.5 SW	3.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1985	2228	2428	2971	2221	2574	2980	5106	5106	5106	4497	1128	6222	11050	11018	6374	8240	12042	12430	12403	12641	12560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)							10:20AM 2.27													11:45PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	4:31AM 0.66											10:26AM 0.04		5:20PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	18	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	5	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	18	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 SW	3.5 W	4.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SW	2.0 NW	0.2 SSW	1.6 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	3.5 W	4.5 WNW	-	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	12	12	-	13	13	13	13	13	13

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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