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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu	Fri	Thu	Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River 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	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	5	5	4	0	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	4	1	4	4	3	3	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	4.0 WNW	0.5 SW	2.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	18	10	12	17	9	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	5376	5081	4213	2246	2778	1395	1127	874	448	416	498	290	491	91	4296	324	1966	1694	1169	922	864	636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:43AM 1.76		2:44AM 1.31	12:29PM 1.70	4:42AM 0.98	3:35AM 1.33		1:07PM 1.62		4:25AM 1.40	2:09PM 1.52		5:00AM 1.80	2:50PM 1.77		5:37AM 1.53	4:34PM 1.32		6:16AM 1.65	6:09PM 1.26		6:42AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			7:17PM -0.06	6:30AM 1.08	12:10PM 0.22	8:00PM -0.02	7:27AM 1.10		8:45PM 0.03	8:42AM 1.15		9:32PM 0.09	10:00AM 1.46		10:19PM 0.17	11:22AM 0.84		11:04PM 0.27	12:27PM 0.61		11:58PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	11	11	11	15	12	10	12	11	11	14	12	13	14	14	12	15	13	10	11	12	11	13
Low °C	10	10	10	13	11	9	11	11	11	13	11	11	12	14	12	14	11	9	10	11	10	12
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	14	10	10	11	10	11	13	11	13	13	13	10	13	12	9	10	12	10	12
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	6:01	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	4.0 WNW	1.0 SW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	9	10	12	8	14	8	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.2 S	1.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 NW	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	16	13	14	15	6	13	13	4	12	12	12	11	17	11	17	14	14	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	9	8	7	6	-	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	7:30AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	5	5	5	1	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	5822	5379	5210	3373	66	5081	4991	4666	4213	3655	3254	2954	1970	1847	2112	1762	1514	1350	1152	1038	871	874
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		1:55AM 1.31								2:47AM 1.34			12:11PM 2.10					3:42AM 1.33				1:07PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			5:46AM 1.05					7:17PM -0.06			6:30AM 1.08					8:00PM -0.02				7:26AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	9	12	18	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	15	13	11	11	10	9	9	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	10	9	12	18	9	9	10	9	11	11	12	14	11	11	11	9	8	8	13	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	7	16	16	16	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	6	6	12	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	9:30PM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	5	5	5	1	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	6031	5822	5822	3616	78	5379	5379	5224	5210	4862	4723	5376	3474	3535	4979	4982	5082	4936	4875	4911	4877	4991
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														11:34AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)					8:52PM 0.08			5:46AM 1.05														7:17PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	10	18	10	9	9	9	9	11	10	12	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	10	18	10	8	9	9	9	11	10	11	12	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	-	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	13	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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