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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	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun	Mon	Sun	Monday 23			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	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	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	0	0	6	1	4	4	0	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	4.5 WNW	1.4 SW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 SSE	2.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 SSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	6	8	9	10	17	11	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	4092	4297	6920	585	4043	2283	1042	1898	4478	676	475	295	351	886	3379	3008	1287	2957	2857	2574	2552	2340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:30AM 1.83		11:50PM 1.54	11:13AM 1.76		12:17AM 1.63	11:50AM 2.08		12:38AM 2.10	12:49PM 1.51		1:16AM 1.77		4:58AM 0.68	1:52AM 1.81		2:51PM 1.61	2:35AM 1.83		4:33PM 1.07	3:22AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)		5:15PM -0.11		5:14AM 0.55	5:45PM -0.04		5:56AM 0.88	6:14PM 0.53		6:49AM 0.33	6:46PM 0.25		11:15PM 0.09	11:01AM -0.01	7:19PM 0.42	8:42AM 0.61		7:55PM 0.60	9:55AM 0.09		8:39PM 1.22	11:09AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	4	5	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	17	-	6	1	-	4	-
High °C	9	8	6	18	9	7	8	8	8	9	9	7	11	11	13	14	19	13	12	14	13	15
Low °C	8	7	4	17	8	5	4	6	2	8	7	6	9	10	10	13	17	11	12	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	5	4	2	18	6	4	4	4	4	8	8	4	8	7	10	11	19	10	11	14	13	14
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	7:01	-	6:54	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.3 NW	4.5 WNW	1.4 SW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	3.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	4.0 SSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 NW	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	15	12	13	13	13	12	9	16	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	10	17	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SSE	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 NW	0.6 SW	1.5 S	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	-	-	16	6	12	15	10	9	9	13	13	-	11	5	8	13	17	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.5 S	4.5 S	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	2.4 WSW	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	-	-	4	6	8	9	-	6	-	-	11	6	-

	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18				Thu		Wed		Thursday 19
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	7:30AM	10:30AM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
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	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	6	1	1	5	4	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	1398	1739	2543	4092	5202	6240	4977	12641	12670	6862	6835	6805	464	479	4121	2230	1701	1824	1380	1476	1582	2944
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	on	on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:26PM 1.46				10:30AM 1.83				11:45PM 1.93								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				5:59AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	8	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	4	6	17	18	7	7	6	6	5	4	8	9
Chill °C (?)	5	5	3	5	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	6	17	18	6	5	3	3	5	2	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	12	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	16	6	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	15	12	15	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	15	16	16	16	6	12	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	10

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	5:30AM	6:30AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
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	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	6	1	1	5	4	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	14	14	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1427	1398	1398	1509	1672	1739	1472	1515	1586	2968	3589	4092	1522	1447	5202	3634	4320	6240	6240	10485	4977	4977
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:26PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)							4:25AM 1.12													5:15PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	17	17	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	6	6	5	5	3	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	16	16	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 NW	0.7 NW	1.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	4.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	6	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	12	15	12	14	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 NW	0.3 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.2 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	14	12	12	13	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 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
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	-	-	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12

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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