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Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 PST
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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
12.9° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 4PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)141413131414141413131313131818181616161515141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7136187226276366745965965394023262652953405536558231255102510351392150412981032
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
0
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
0
ESE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
E
5
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
W
5
E
5
SE
5
E
0
E
0
SW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffglassglassglassoncross-
on		glasscross-
off		glassoffglassglassonglasscrossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
2.02
12:24AM
1.48
10:48AM
2.01
12:53AM
1.53
11:27AM
1.96
1:21AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
1.00
5:20PM
-0.14
4:43AM
0.95
5:52PM
-0.12
5:26AM
0.91
6:23PM
-0.08
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-7:31-------7:31-------7:31------
Sunset---5:17-------5:19-------5:20----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131414121212121211131312121111121213131212121212
Feels °C (?)1113121011111010911101011109101112111110111111
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