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Fishing · Northern California

Fishing forecast for Mendocino Coast

Rugged, cold Northern California. Long famous for red abalone freediving (that fishery is closed indefinitely), it's now a rockfish and lingcod coast for hardy spearos. Big swell, thick kelp, and short weather windows define the diving here.

Open the app for the tides, wind, pressure trend, water temperature and the 0 to 10 bite score for Mendocino Coast, CA.

Conditions snapshot: Oct 15, 2026
Bite score
4.8 / 10
Moderate
Water
58°F
Wind
0 kts
Wave
5.1 ft
Swell
3.1 ft
Period
11.2s
Snapshot from Oct 15, 2026. Factor breakdowns in the app, 8 day forecast with Pro.

Notable species

Mendocino Coast is known for:

LingcodRockfishCabezon

What Submarius shows for Mendocino Coast

This page reads Mendocino Coast at 39.31°N, 123.81°W, in Northern California. Open the same point in the app for:

  • A 0 to 10 rating. For fishing at Mendocino Coast today, from Rough to Prime, and you can tap any factor to see why.
  • Best 3 hour window. The three hours in the next 24 that score best.
  • Tide. Rising, falling or slack, the next high or low, and a 24 hour curve.
  • Wind. Speed and direction, with gusts.
  • Waves and swell. Wave height and swell, with the second and third swell by the hour.
  • Water temperature. With the air temperature underneath.
  • Pressure trend. Sea level pressure and its 6 hour trend.
  • Bite score. 0 to 10, from Off to Hot, for how likely fish are to be feeding. It rates timing and habitat, not where the fish are.
  • Weather warnings. National Weather Service warnings for this spot and its marine zone.
  • Reefs and wrecks map (Pro). Charted wrecks, reefs and obstructions where sources have them, with the seabed depth beside each (an estimate where no chart reports one).
  • 8 day forecast (Pro). Days 2 to 8, with each day's bite peak.

Safety in the water

Every safety tool in Submarius is free. With Safety Watch you set a "back by" time and pick who watches. If you don't check in by then, the server alerts them by push or email, even if your phone is dead. It needs a free account and never contacts the coast guard.

When Spearfishing is your mode, a shark awareness card also lists the shark species recorded in the area and any community sightings from the last 48 hours.

Check Mendocino Coast before you head out

Today's conditions, safety tools and trip recording are free. Pro adds the 8 day forecast, the Pro map layers, cam playback and offline areas for $12.99 a month or $99 a year, or $149 once (US prices).