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 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sun
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Hare Creek 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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	4	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	14	12	11	11	10	17	15	14	9	12	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	532	574	1057	1896	1722	939	759	1692	630	1020	1325	2357	2342	3786	3806	2573	2299	1931	1993	1451	1465	1275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:57PM 1.98		3:48AM 1.41		2:01PM 1.84		4:53AM 1.44	3:17PM 1.64		5:56AM 1.50	4:39PM 1.49			5:55PM 1.38		7:14AM 1.66		7:11PM 1.33	7:47AM 1.72			8:09AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			8:28PM -0.28	8:05AM 1.00		9:30PM -0.15	9:33AM 0.98		10:30PM -0.01	11:03AM 0.88		11:29PM 0.12	7:38PM 0.25		12:20AM 0.26		1:25PM 0.58	1:06AM 0.39		2:16PM 0.37	6:58PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	24	1	3	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	9
High °C	20	18	19	20	19	17	17	16	14	17	17	14	12	11	9	10	10	10	12	13	12	13
Low °C	18	18	18	19	19	16	17	15	13	16	16	11	12	10	8	9	10	9	11	12	11	13
Chill °C (?)	20	18	19	20	19	17	17	16	14	16	16	12	10	9	7	7	7	9	12	13	10	11
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	14	12	11	11	10	10	15	14	13	12	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 W	0.6 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	12	15	15	10	10	18	14	16	10	14	14	15	16	16	16	12	15	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	1.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.7 S	1.5 WNW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	11	6	-	3	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	4

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	7:30AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	7:30AM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek 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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River 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	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.2 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1059	860	714	521	446	586	840	1017	1067	1202	1291	1896	541	1982	1874	1421	1152	837	732	1108	273	1692
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		2:41AM 1.41			12:59PM 2.01					3:55AM 1.41			5:38AM 0.97	1:59PM 1.81					4:53AM 1.44		6:17AM 0.83	3:03PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			6:55AM 0.96					8:27PM -0.28				8:06AM 1.00				9:30PM -0.15				9:32AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	16	19	19	17	18	19	19	18	18	20	12	18	17	17	18	16	15	18	9	15
Chill °C (?)	16	15	16	19	19	17	18	19	19	18	18	20	10	18	17	17	18	16	15	18	8	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	6:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.2 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	1.3 W	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	18	18	18	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	15	13	15	15	6	11	6	6	15	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	11

	Sat	Sunday 09	Mon	Sunday 09	Mon	Sun
	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	5:30AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	1:30PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Caspar Creek 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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River 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	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	0.8 SSW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1176	1091	1059	930	884	860	859	724	605	595	587	532	180	586	566	544	483	586	585	847	285	670
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					2:41AM 1.44								5:00AM 1.09		12:57PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)									6:54AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	12	20	20	19	20	17	17	18	14	20
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	10	20	20	19	20	17	17	18	12	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	0.8 SSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	11	17	11	11	11	17	11	11	12	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3

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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