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

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Virgin Creek CAL - Mendocino County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch 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	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	0	2	3	3	4	5	0	5	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	16	11	18	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1869	1485	1609	1547	1769	3587	2635	2302	2714	121	1303	1457	897	781	389	548	1084	2185	3423	6282	5975	3798
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:16PM 1.27	3:14AM 1.66		5:24AM 0.55	3:56AM 1.64		6:37PM 1.00		4:47AM 1.62		8:08PM 1.46	5:36AM 2.02			6:34AM 2.06		9:57PM 1.19	7:39AM 1.72		5:13PM 0.31	8:26AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			8:25PM 0.61	10:22AM 0.38	11:47AM 0.06	8:57PM 0.77	11:34AM 0.32		9:39PM 0.91	12:43PM 0.24		10:48PM 1.42		1:39PM 0.58			2:29PM 0.06	1:28AM 0.99		3:08PM -0.02	6:17PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	-	-	1
High °C	14	14	14	15	13	11	13	14	11	23	11	10	13	11	9	10	10	8	10	10	9	10
Low °C	13	14	13	14	13	10	10	12	11	22	11	8	11	11	7	8	10	7	9	10	8	10
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	15	12	9	12	13	10	23	10	9	11	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	6	10	12	11	18	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	12	15	16	16	16	15	15	3	16	14	13	14	10	7	16	15	11	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	-	3	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	11	11	-	-	-

	Saturday 07				Sun	Saturday 07			Sunday 08						Mon	Sun	Monday 09				Tue	Mon
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	7:30AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	1:30PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	7:30AM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek 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	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	5	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	4	4	4	4	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	0.8 SSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	0.6 SW	2.2 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.5 SW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	14	14	14	12	14
Energy(?)	3676	3073	2250	1869	209	1485	1606	1842	1838	1785	1624	1547	1512	1471	118	2158	3587	2912	2897	2635	87	2741
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:39AM 1.82			5:26AM 0.63	3:11PM 1.15				3:14AM 1.66											4:58AM 0.49
Low Tide / height (m)				9:15AM 0.42				8:25PM 0.61					10:21AM 0.81		11:47AM 0.06	8:58PM 1.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	21	12	11	10	10	10	17	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	21	10	9	8	9	9	16	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:16	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	6:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	0.8 SSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	0.6 SW	2.2 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.5 SW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	14	14	14	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.3 ESE	1.0 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	-	14	14	12	12	12	16	15	19	20	4	17	16	16	16	16	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	1.0 NNW	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 SE	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	5	5	4	6

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	9:30PM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	7:30AM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	1:30PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Mendocino County	Hare Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Hare Creek 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	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	5	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	4	4	4	4	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.8 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	0.8 SSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	0.8 SSW	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	3991	3924	3676	3389	217	3073	2779	2504	2250	2044	1900	1716	1716	1540	209	1370	1485	1329	1489	1606	208	1726
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)																		3:18PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)												9:15AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	12	18	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	16	16	15	13	15	14	14	22	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	17	12	12	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	15	14	13	15	14	14	22	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.8 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	0.8 SSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	0.8 SSW	2.3 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	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	0.5 ESE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	14	14	14	4	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

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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