Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 25 Mar 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
10.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 9AM is: 0.7m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (25 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (25 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
!
2
!
!
!
4
4
3
3
1
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1
NW
1.1
NW
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
Period(s) (?)18181212111010999910101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)316312298319105415381397113410231302125415941175135414951648125910088176956816819511040
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
0
ESE
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffglassononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
1.83
7:22PM
1.21
5:27AM
1.76
8:30PM
1.29
6:48AM
1.71
9:18PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
-0.10
11:03PM
0.95
1:02PM
-0.10
12:41AM
0.91
2:06PM
-0.10
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise--7:11-------7:09-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:31-------7:32--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1313131211121187669101012121212121313131111
Feels °C (?)101010107652112567101098811910109
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