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

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	Tue		Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	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	Usal Beach 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	1	1	2	1	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	7	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	218	176	126	126	331	573	1407	669	1274	1467	2007	932	638	491	510	480	333	697	929	850	526	418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:40PM 2.29	12:29PM 1.23		10:33PM 1.88	1:03PM 1.27		11:13PM 1.91	1:43PM 1.31		12:00AM 1.90		2:09PM 1.36	12:35AM 1.85		2:42PM 1.42	1:27AM 1.75		3:16PM 1.49	2:11AM 1.60		3:58PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	3:32PM 1.42		5:23AM -0.19	4:23PM 0.92		5:59AM -0.25	5:05PM 0.91		6:33AM -0.28	5:49PM 0.88		7:10AM -0.28	6:37PM 0.85		7:44AM -0.24	7:29PM 0.81		8:21AM -0.15		8:28PM 0.74	9:05AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	12	17	13	14	15	21	15	16	15	16	16	13	16	16	14	14	14	14	16	16
Low °C	16	10	10	15	11	12	15	15	13	16	12	13	15	11	13	16	12	13	14	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	16	13	11	17	12	13	14	21	14	15	14	16	16	13	16	16	14	14	14	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	8:42	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NNW	2.3 NW	0.4 SSW	1.8 NW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	13	13	13	16	16	8	9	17	17	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	15	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 NNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	16	9	16	12	12	19	17	12	12	16	16	16	15	15	9	10	16	16	15	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	8	6	7	8	9	8	9	9	10	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	9	-	9

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Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek 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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	17	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	218	218	163	213	176	171	145	126	126	126	271	393	331	331	302	573	488	1407	1855	1368	669	925
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:45AM 1.63			9:54PM 1.83					12:36PM 1.23			10:33PM 1.88					1:10PM 1.27				11:17PM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		3:32PM 1.42					5:23AM -0.19			4:22PM 0.92					5:58AM -0.25				5:05PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	13	12	11	10	10	12	17	17	16	12	12	11	16	14	21	15	14	12	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	13	12	10	8	9	11	17	17	16	12	11	10	16	13	21	14	12	10	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	14	8	8	14	8	8	8	13	13	13	6	13	13	13	7	16	16	16	19	19	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	14	14	8	13	13	13	16	8	9	13	16	16	16	13	12	12	12	12	12	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	1.3 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	8