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Bowling Ball Beach

Mendocino County, California, United States

Bowling Ball Beach 1 photo

  • Bowling Balls Beach in Mendocino county, California, USA. Concretions on Bowling Balls Beach ( Mendocino County , California) were weathered out of steeply-tilted Cenozoic mudstone

    Bowling Balls Beach in Mendocino county, California, USA. Concretions on Bowling Balls Beach ( Mendocino County , California) were weathered out of steeply-tilted Cenozoic mudstone. Brocken Inaglory (edited by Noodle snacks ), CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 6:24 pm
8 am
4.7
22 km/h14 mph wind, Fair
9 am
4.7
22 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
10 am
4.8
21 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.9
19 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.7
22 km/h14 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
4.7
23 km/h14 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.6
23 km/h15 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
4.5
25 km/h15 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
4.5
25 km/h15 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
4.6
24 km/h15 mph wind, Fair
6 pm
4.7
22 km/h14 mph wind, Fair

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
14°C57°F
Water
15°C60°F
Wind
2214 km/hmph N
Gusts
4226 km/hmph
Waves
2.6 m9 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
1%
Sunset
6:24 pm
Today
4.7Fair8 am2214
4.7Fair9 am2213
4.8Fair10 am2113
4.9Fair11 am1912
4.7Fair12 pm2214
4.7Fair1 pm2314
4.6Fair2 pm2315
4.5Fair3 pm2515
4.5Fair4 pm2515
4.6Fair5 pm2415
4.7Fair6 pm2214
Sat
6.0Good8 am32
6.0Good9 am53
3.9Poor10 am63
4.5Fair11 am64
4.1Fair12 pm42
4.0Fair1 pm42
4.0Fair2 pm53
4.5Fair3 pm53
5.0Fair4 pm64
5.8Good5 pm85
6.1Good6 pm95
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 3 am, -0.5 m. High at 9 am, 0.9 m. Low at 4 pm, -0.5 m. High at 10 pm, 0.6 mLow 3 am, -0.5 m2 ftHigh 9 am, 0.9 m3 ftLow 4 pm, -0.5 m2 ftHigh 10 pm, 0.6 m2 ftNow6 am12 pm6 pm12 am
  • Low 3 am, -0.5 m2 ft
  • High 9 am, 0.9 m3 ft
  • Low 4 pm, -0.5 m2 ft
  • High 10 pm, 0.6 m2 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun5.8 GoodBest 8 am to 9 amWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 1%
  • Mon6.1 GoodBest 8 am to 1 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 8%
  • Tue6.3 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 2%
  • Wed6.3 GoodBest 8 am to 2 pmWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 2%
  • Thu6.4 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 5%

Beach info

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About Bowling Ball Beach

Bowling Ball Beach is located in Mendocino County, California, United States, and is part of Schooner Gulch State Beach. It is near Schooner Gulch State Beach, which is 0.25 miles away. The nearest town is Point Arena, situated 3.2 miles from the beach.

From Wikipedia

Bowling Ball Beach is a part of Schooner Gulch State Beach, in Mendocino County, California, in the United States. It is named for the spherical sandstone concretions found there at low tide.

Source: Bowling Ball Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

  • Parking2 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 440 m0.3 mi. Fee not listed

Getting there

Nearest town
5.2 km3.2 miPoint Arena (village)
Nearest airport
49 km30 miUkiah Municipal Airport (UKI)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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