Point Arena surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 25 Oct 2025 PDT
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Point Arena surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Point Arena sea temperature is
14.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Point Arena today?

The current surf forecast for Point Arena at 2PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)11ft (3.5m)15s
Afternoon (25 Oct)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (25 Oct)15ft (4.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Point Arena. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tue
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
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!
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3
4
4
3
4
4
1
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
Period(s) (?)151515141415151414141413131313121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49024529411744566896116001125193117441609145743802334727572393203718131694151015801706173516261543
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
0
ENE
5
E
10
SE
15
SE
25
SE
30
SE
20
ESE
20
N
15
N
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
25
NW
30
NNW
25
N
15
N
20
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:01PM
1.72
3:54AM
1.26
1:39PM
1.66
5:05AM
1.25
2:25PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:05AM
1.02
8:37PM
0.06
7:42AM
1.09
9:28PM
0.10
8:33AM
1.14
10:24PM
0.14
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tue
28
Sunrise7:33-------7:35-------7:35-------
Sunset---6:22-------6:21-------6:20----
rain showers
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3-2------1211-----------
Temp. °C151615151414131313131313131312111112131312121213
Feels °C (?)1515131312141211109810101010889777879
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Mendocino County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Point Arena (calm at Manchester 16 km from Point Arena). A 3.3m groundswell from the WNW is too big for here

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