Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 08 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
12.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 6PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Afternoon (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
WNW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)181813131316161616161516161617181818171515151516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)154154123123125129211264211211204278271339368491491480443372287226367499
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSE
5
W
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SW
10
SW
10
W
5
SE
10
S
10
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
ononglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
offglassoffcross-
on
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43PM
1.09
4:01AM
1.47
7:52PM
1.14
5:12AM
1.42
8:34PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:49AM
0.11
9:41PM
0.97
11:53AM
0.12
11:14PM
0.98
12:54PM
0.12
12:45AM
0.92
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise6:48-------6:47-------6:45-------
Sunset---7:45-------7:45-------7:46----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------131-1--121121--12
Temp. °C131313131213131213151414141312121213141312121111
Feels °C (?)1212121211131211121513131412111111121312121198
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