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Mendocino Coast
Mendocino. Photo: Cayetano Gil, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Mendocino

Surf town · United States

Score a trip to Mendocino

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Beds: 36 places

36 places to stay within 2 km, 2 of them campsites.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

All 36 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 9 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • Big River · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Blues · about 1h by car · stays in Westport · Not for beginners

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  • Caspar · about 15 min by car · stays in Fort Bragg · Not for beginners

    –, no score
  • Hare Creek · about 25 min by car · stays in Fort Bragg · Not for beginners

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  • Jug Handle State Beach · about 15 min by car · stays in Fort Bragg · Not for beginners

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  • Manchester Beach · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Point Arena · Not for beginners

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  • Moat creek · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Point Arena · Not for beginners

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  • Point Arena Cove · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Point Arena · Not for beginners

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All 9 surf spots
  • The Oasis · about 50 min by car · stays in Fort Bragg · Not for beginners

    –, no score

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Mendocino.

Places to eat

6 near Mendocino

Places to eat near Mendocino

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 50 km from Mendocino.

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Photos of Mendocino

The Town
Photo: Travis Wise, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mendocino Headlands State Park - 15
Photo: Travis Wise, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mendocino from Mendocino Headlands SP
Photo: David McSpadden, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Mendocino

where it is, what is near

Mendocino is a town in California, United States.

From Mendocino you can reach 9 surf spots.

The nearest is Big River, a surf spot 0.1 km from the centre.

Overture lists 36 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport (STS), 123 km away.

In California · West · United States

  • 36 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport (STS), 123 km, Redding Municipal Airport (RDD), 185 km, California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport (ACV), 188 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).