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Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 12 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
12.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 3PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
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)
!
!
!
!
!
!
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
W
1.8
W
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)161616151414141313131313131212121217161615141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4957432741643715349631802747215518931713153813791336113711009768271932266827912650218717351594
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
SE
5
WNW
10
NW
0
NE
10
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
0
E
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
5
E
5
NE
0
N
5
SE
5
NW
0
N
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassonglassoffoffoffglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		glassglassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
1.82
8:33PM
1.16
6:42AM
1.84
9:40PM
1.23
7:27AM
1.87
10:24PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:28PM
0.28
11:49PM
0.98
2:18PM
0.16
12:51AM
1.05
3:00PM
0.07
1:48AM
1.07
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-7:33-------7:33-------7:33------
Sunset---5:12-------5:13-------5:14----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C91011101111111211131312121113121112121213131313
Feels °C (?)78981089109111110101011101010101112121110
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