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

	Sat	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu		Fri				Saturday 01
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek 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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	0	0	4	4	0	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	1	0	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.2 SW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	11	10	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	11022	6288	9101	6555	1374	1922	1617	1195	1057	926	1734	2086	973	1357	1330	700	1582	2192	3219	2998	2803	1850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:01AM 1.23	1:46PM 1.63				2:32PM 1.56		6:21AM 1.25	3:12PM 1.90		7:18AM 1.31	4:48PM 1.44		7:46AM 1.39	5:48PM 1.79		8:14AM 1.49	7:18PM 1.46		8:41AM 1.62		8:40PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	8:38PM 0.05	7:43AM 1.03		9:33PM 0.07	9:40PM 0.05		10:27PM 0.55	9:52AM 1.11		11:31PM 0.62	11:27AM 1.07		12:19AM 0.16	12:49PM 0.95		1:03AM 0.60	1:50PM 0.77		1:53AM 0.21		2:42PM 0.53	2:34AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	13	12	12	12	17	15	13	15	14	16	16	15	16	18	17	13	19	17	17
Low °C	13	13	13	9	8	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	15	14	14	15	14	15	12	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	12	14	11	11	10	12	17	15	12	15	13	16	16	14	15	18	17	13	19	17	17
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	7:50	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 NW	0.8 W	0.5 SW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	11	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 W	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	19	10	18	-	21	21	20	16	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	1.2 SW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.5 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	-	5	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	11	14	7	5	5	-	4	5

	Sat		Sun		Mon	Sunday 26					Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	1:30AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek 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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	6	9	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.2 SW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	14	9	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	7723	11926	11022	9301	243	6288	4024	5943	8149	2249	1743	2443	2164	1847	3093	3158	1971	3155	1819	1933	1633	1195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:04AM 1.25			1:36PM 2.04						5:12AM 1.23			2:18PM 1.97					6:21AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		8:38PM 0.05								9:39PM 0.54				8:34AM 1.09				10:24PM 0.14				9:51AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	14	14	15	13	12	9	9	9	8	11	15	15	11	12	11	11	11	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	12	13	12	13	10	9	7	7	7	6	10	14	13	10	10	10	11	10	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.2 SW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	14	15	15	14	9	14	14	16	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	12	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	-	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	12	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	3:30PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek 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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	6	9	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	6	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	5790	6822	7706	8914	214	11926	7301	11361	7972	7782	7348	9301	8677	8198	5537	5091	6783	4519	6288	5784	5784	5301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												4:01AM 1.23									1:46PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)				8:42PM 0.02											7:37AM 1.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	15	14	14	17	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	16	14	14	12	13	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	13	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	12	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	-	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	1.2 SSW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	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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