Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 23 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
10.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 1PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (23 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)1111101012111111111111111818181817911789910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)86874961557064453446242337534129725231931631631229828710567111147119012181665
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
ENE
5
NE
5
N
10
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffoncross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24PM
1.22
3:12AM
1.91
5:53PM
1.18
4:13AM
1.83
7:22PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:30AM
-0.12
8:38PM
0.79
10:37AM
-0.11
9:38PM
0.89
11:51AM
-0.10
11:03PM
0.95
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise7:13-------7:11-------7:11-------
Sunset---7:29-------7:30-------7:30----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9111110910121314151214121313131111101111876
Feels °C (?)8987799911129121011111198554101
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