Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 27 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
10.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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 1AM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
4
4
3
4
3
2
1
0
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
2
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.2
WNW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
1.8
NW
2
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)1010101010101111111010101099997777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)68166771210349519199368688681112869256496350260255307284368213138276296383
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
SE
5
NNW
0
ENE
5
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
ENE
0
NE
0
ENE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
0
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassonglasscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:18PM
1.38
8:04AM
1.69
9:56PM
1.48
9:09AM
1.68
10:30PM
1.57
10:07AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06PM
-0.10
2:03AM
0.79
2:59PM
-0.09
3:07AM
0.63
3:44PM
-0.05
4:01AM
0.46
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise------7:05-------7:03-------7:03-
Sunset-7:32-------7:34-------7:35------
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part cloud
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part cloud
clear
clear
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121111121112101414131313131212121211111110101010
Feels °C (?)8810119118119811121211119981098886
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