Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 19 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
11.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 12PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.4
WSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)14141414141414813131513131212121211111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)215215229223217210207270226198576101814581599145013101001828772667561496460370
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
25
SE
10
SSE
10
E
10
SE
0
NW
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
5
ESE
5
E
5
NNE
0
SSW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffglassoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:26AM
2.00
2:16PM
1.33
1:08AM
2.00
3:20PM
1.27
1:56AM
1.94
4:31PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:24AM
-0.41
6:49PM
0.65
8:17AM
-0.43
7:36PM
0.74
9:16AM
-0.39
8:34PM
0.82
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise--6:31-------6:31-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:55-------7:57-------7:58--
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------363321--1-2631-
Temp. °C111112151415131314111111111212111111111111111111
Feels °C (?)9810119111098910911111089881010101110
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