Ward Avenue Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.51° N 123.79° W

Ward Avenue 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ward Avenue sea temperature is
15.0° C
0.8° 

Ward Avenue surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today (08 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 8s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 10PM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Aug)--
Afternoon (08 Aug)2ft (0.6m)18s
Evening (08 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
8
Sunday
9
Monday
10
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
!
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
18
1.7
NW
7
2.3
NW
8
2.3
NW
8
2
NW
7
1.8
NW
8
2.1
NW
8
2.1
NW
8
2.2
NW
8
2.5
NW
8
2.5
NW
8
2.5
NW
8
2.3
NW
9
2.5
NW
9
2.1
NW
9
2
NW
9
2
NW
9
2.1
NW
9
2.5
NW
9
3
NW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
240
301
634
565
421
383
542
569
650
848
999
875
742
1070
699
595
595
683
1099
1135
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
N
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
7:43PM2.01m
10:23AM1.26m
8:46PM2.08m
11:07AM1.35m
9:45PM2.14m
Low Tide
12:58PM0.90m
3:14AM-0.21m
2:15PM0.88m
4:06AM-0.31m
3:21PM0.81m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:20
8:17
8:16
 mm
Temp °C
15
16
13
13
13
13
14
15
15
15
13
12
12
12
14
15
15
16
13
12
Feels °C
13
15
12
12
12
12
13
13
12
14
12
11
11
12
14
13
13
15
12
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Ward Avenue surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest