Point Arena · Mendocino County · California
Schooner Gulch Surf Report & Forecast, Point Arena, CA
Schooner Gulch, Point Arena, California: 8–9 ft, overhead to well overhead, at 12 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Great. The main swell is 7.7 ft at 14 seconds from the west, with calm wind. Water is about 63°F, so a 3/2 full wetsuit is the suggestion; the next low tide is -0.1 ft at 5:12 pm.
8–9 ft
overhead to well overhead · occasional 10 ft
- Swell
- 7.7 ft · 14 s · W
- Wind
- calmcalm
- Tide
- 5.6 ft fallinglow -0.1 ft at 5:12 pm
- Water
- 63°F3/2
- Air
- 63°Ffeels like 64°F
- Sun
- rise 6:51 amset 5:06 pm
Schooner Gulch surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Schooner Gulch: 6 am, Great, on a rising mid tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Schooner Gulch: 7 am, Great, on a rising high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 8–10 ft | Great | calm | 4.2 ft |
| 7 am | 8–9 ft | Great | calm | 5.1 ft |
| 8 am | 8–10 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 6.0 ft |
| 9 am | 8–10 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 6.6 ft |
| 10 am | 8–9 ft | Great | calm | 6.8 ft |
| 11 am | 7–9 ft | Good | 6 mph onshore (WNW) | 6.5 ft |
| 12 pmnow | 7–8 ft | Fair | 8 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 14 | 5.6 ft |
| 1 pm | 7–8 ft | Good | 5 mph onshore (WNW) | 4.2 ft |
| 2 pm | 7–8 ft | Good | 5 mph onshore (WNW) | 2.7 ft |
| 3 pm | 6–8 ft | Good | 5 mph onshore (WNW) | 1.4 ft |
| 4 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 0.3 ft |
| 5 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (NW) | -0.1 ft |
| 6 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 0.1 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 6–7 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 3.9 ft |
| 7 am | 7–8 ft | Great | calm | 4.6 ft |
| 8 am | 6–8 ft | Great | calm | 5.4 ft |
| 9 am | 6–8 ft | Great | 4 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 6.2 ft |
| 10 am | 6–8 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (NW) | 6.7 ft |
| 11 am | 6–7 ft | Good | 7 mph cross-shore (NW) | 6.6 ft |
| 12 pm | 6–7 ft | Fair | 8 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 13 | 6.0 ft |
| 1 pm | 6–7 ft | Fair | 8 mph onshore (WNW) | 4.9 ft |
| 2 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 3.5 ft |
| 3 pm | 6–7 ft | Fair | 9 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 2.1 ft |
| 4 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 7 mph cross-shore (NW) | 0.8 ft |
| 5 pm | 6–7 ft | Good | 7 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 0.1 ft |
| 6 pm | 6–7 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (N) | -0.1 ft |
Schooner Gulch waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 12 pm, sets at Schooner Gulch arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 9.3 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 39 s
- Lulls
- about 145 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 57% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- strong, about 1.6 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Schooner Gulch surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Schooner Gulch: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 11–14 ft, and the best-rated day is Monday, Nov 9 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 11–14 ft and Good; Sunday, Nov 15, 8–10 ft and Good.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Schooner Gulch are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 6–10 ft | Great | 9.4 ft · 15 s · W | 4 mph cross-shore (NW) | 5 mph onshore (WNW) | 6 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 6–8 ft | Great | 5.4 ft · 12 s · W | calm | 8 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 6–7 ft | Great | 5.9 ft · 13 s · W | 5 mph cross-shore (ESE) | calm | 12 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 7–10 ft | Great | 5.6 ft · 15 s · W | 6 mph offshore (ESE) | 14 mph cross-shore (SSE), gusts 23 | 10 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 6–10 ft | Great | 6.8 ft · 14 s · W | 9 mph cross-shore (S) | 15 mph onshore (SW), gusts 24 | 7 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 11–14 ft | Good | 8.1 ft · 15 s · W | 6 mph cross-shore (S) | 10 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 17 | 7 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 8–10 ft | Good | 6.3 ft · 16 s · W | 6 mph onshore (SW), gusts 11 | 16 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 28 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 9–12 ft | Good | 8.4 ft · 16 s · WSW | 13 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 20 | 12 mph onshore (WNW), gusts 19 | 10 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 4–5 ft | Good | — | 11 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 16 | 10 mph cross-shore (NW) | 4 pm |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 4–6 ft | Poor to Fair | — | 17 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 25 | 19 mph cross-shore (NNW), gusts 24 | 4 pm |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Schooner Gulch are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Schooner Gulch tide chart and tide times
Tides at Schooner Gulch today, Monday, Nov 9: low 3.4 ft at 3:56 am, high 6.8 ft at 9:53 am and low -0.1 ft at 5:12 pm. At 12 pm the tide is 5.6 ft and falling.
Schooner Gulch tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low 3.4 ft at 3:56 amHigh 6.8 ft at 9:53 amLow -0.1 ft at 5:12 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | High 4.9 ft at 12:01 amLow 3.4 ft at 4:28 amHigh 6.7 ft at 10:24 amLow -0.1 ft at 5:48 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | High 4.9 ft at 12:48 amLow 3.7 ft at 5 amHigh 6.7 ft at 10:57 amLow 0.2 ft at 6:28 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 5.0 ft at 1:38 amLow 4.1 ft at 5:36 amHigh 6.7 ft at 11:34 amLow 0.5 ft at 7:11 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 5.0 ft at 2:28 amLow 4.3 ft at 6:16 amHigh 6.5 ft at 12:10 pmLow 0.8 ft at 7:57 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 5.0 ft at 3:27 amLow 4.5 ft at 7:05 amHigh 6.3 ft at 12:52 pmLow 1.1 ft at 8:44 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 5.2 ft at 4:21 amLow 4.6 ft at 8:23 amHigh 5.8 ft at 1:38 pmLow 1.1 ft at 9:36 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 4.9 ft at 5:15 amLow 4.1 ft at 9:46 amHigh 5.1 ft at 2:42 pmLow 1.2 ft at 10:21 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 5.2 ft at 5:53 amLow 3.8 ft at 11:15 am |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Schooner Gulch water temperature
The water temperature at Schooner Gulch is about 63°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 64°F and a 3 mph wind, a 3/2 full wetsuit is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 63 and 64°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Schooner Gulch
- Point Arena4.4 mi NW · 7–8 ft · Good
- Gualala River Mouth9.6 mi SE · 8–10 ft · Great
- Sea Ranch17 mi SE · 9–10 ft · Good
- Elk18 mi N · 7–8 ft · Great
- Navarro River Mouth23 mi NNW · 9–10 ft · Great
- Albion River Mouth26 mi NNW · 2–3 ft · Good
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About Schooner Gulch
Schooner Gulch is a reef break in Point Arena, Mendocino County, California, facing west-southwest. Also called Bowling Ball Beach.
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