Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
12.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 5AM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s

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


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Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
4
4
3
3
1
1
2
3
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)91010101010109971616161515151514141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11631115865687542456369347402155253253253256172188188218215215229223217210
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
0
W
10
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
0
S
5
W
10
W
5
NW
5
N
5
E
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffglassglassglassononglassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15PM
1.86
12:20PM
1.45
11:48PM
1.95
1:16PM
1.40
12:26AM
2.00
2:16PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
-0.20
5:28PM
0.42
6:34AM
-0.34
6:07PM
0.54
7:24AM
-0.41
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----6:35-------6:33-------6:31---
Sunset-------7:53-------7:54-------7:55
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C12998811101010999101211111011111112141413
Feels °C (?)6664376796778108989889111111
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