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Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 PST
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Ward Avenue surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ward Avenue sea temperature is
13.1° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 8AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 22s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)19s
Evening (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)18s

Table - waves today at Ward Avenue. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
1
0
0
0
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0
!
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0
0
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4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.9
NW
1.2
NW
1.7
NW
3.5
NW
4
NW
4.5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)111111212019181817171716161616161515151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5715715086581145216275768863126151310113411123051095599128854763564365224468139663192263321711661
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
E
0
N
15
NW
25
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
N
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
N
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
SE
5
SW
0
W
5
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
on		glassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:30AM
1.70
1:34PM
1.74
3:11AM
1.74
2:33PM
1.51
3:52AM
1.76
3:44PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
0.78
8:08PM
0.07
8:52AM
0.73
8:47PM
0.29
10:05AM
0.65
9:26PM
0.50
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---7:35-------7:35-------7:35----
Sunset-----5:07-------5:07-------5:08--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1111101111111099988910977778109910
Feels °C (?)9881085313333234443357877
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