Point Arena surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 06 Sep 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
13.3° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Point Arena today?

The current surf forecast for Point Arena at 1AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (07 Sep)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (07 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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Sat
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.4
NW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.9
NW
Period(s) (?)8138712121211111111101019101091218958134
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)668832311261231171331221209184672225237336802110274826
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
N
5
NE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
W
5
W
10
WNW
5
N
5
NE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSW
5
SSW
0
ENE
5
NE
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:41PM
1.91
11:46AM
1.65
11:28PM
1.88
12:14PM
1.76
12:19AM
1.79
12:45PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:23AM
-0.05
5:27PM
0.46
5:56AM
0.03
6:15PM
0.30
6:30AM
0.16
Sat
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise----6:48-------6:48-------6:50---
Sunset-------7:36-------7:34-------7:32
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151516161718181717181717181918181716161515151515
Feels °C (?)151516161718181617191717181917191917161515131212
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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 BUOY-ANVC1 2 km from Point Arena). A 0.6m swell from the WSW

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1 h 13 min ago

5 km/h
ENE
Clean
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