Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 26 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
10.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 12PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 2.5m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (26 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
!
2
3
!
4
4
4
3
3
1
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)999101010101010101010101010101010101110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1135127413891594109212191354148913381008757640585627653951989940852868977886286220
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
ESE
5
NE
5
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
0
N
5
E
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
N
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNE
0
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27AM
1.76
8:30PM
1.29
6:48AM
1.71
9:18PM
1.38
8:04AM
1.69
9:56PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03PM
0.95
1:02PM
-0.10
12:41AM
0.91
2:06PM
-0.10
2:03AM
0.79
2:59PM
-0.09
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise--7:09-------7:07-------7:05-----
Sunset-----7:31-------7:32-------7:34--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C87791110131313121214131212131212121412131214
Feels °C (?)2135771111108811991011101010118111113
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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