For up-to-date weather for the Mendocino Coast and a weather cam view out over the ocean and Mendocino Bay go here. The weather information is provided by Mendocino Community Network, and the weather camera is located in a window of our Sea Cottage Real Estate office in downtown Mendocino at the corner of Lansing & Ukiah Streets.

For 2011 tide tables, by month, go HERE

FOG: Yeah, we have some of that, too... mostly in July and August and, when it feels like it, it hangs around sometimes in September. Once again, we like it. It keeps us cool when, in July and August, everyone else is baking in the heat, especially in the inland valleys. And it gives us something to complain about when we’re socked in for more than a day or two and we begin to feel just a little moldy. But it makes for beautiful pictures as the fog creeps in from the ocean, just touches the coast or whispers up the river valleys. It’s mysterious and maybe a little romantic.

STORMS: No, no... we don’t have storms here! OK, sometimes we do. But they can be wonderfully dramatic and awe-inspiring. And, lately, there are people who watch the weather forecasts and come to the coast to "Storm Watch". They want to be here for the experience of walking along the Headlands to watch huge, wind-lashed waves pound in from the sea and crash against the rocks and bluffs. Or, if they’re a little less hardy, they sit at their picture window in front of a log fire… you get the picture.

WEATHER-WISE PACKING: Even if you’re acclimated to cool, coastal weather, you’ll be wise to bring sweaters and light jackets even in summer. In winter, you might consider heavier sweaters, heavier jackets and, for God’s sake, bring rain-gear!