Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm 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
10.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 4AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (24 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mon
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
1
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.5
WNW
2.1
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)12111111111111111818181817912109991010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6445344624233753412972523193163163122983511142157014231283127414491480133613081495
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
N
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
N
10
N
10
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
35
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
N
20
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassoffoffoncross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:12AM
1.91
5:53PM
1.18
4:13AM
1.83
7:22PM
1.21
5:27AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
0.79
10:37AM
-0.11
9:38PM
0.89
11:51AM
-0.10
11:03PM
0.95
1:02PM
-0.10
Mon
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise----7:11-------7:11-------7:09---
Sunset-------7:30-------7:30-------7:31
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1010121314151314131313121111111110876681010
Feels °C (?)88910111111121111109986432102358
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