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Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 14 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 1.1°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 7PM is: 2.2m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)--
Afternoon (14 Jan)7ft (2.2m)16s
Evening (14 Jan)7ft (2.2m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)161615141414141313131313131313121212121212121218
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24442352229320041597144312971032875771771673573564547446432365359294228177132165
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
N
0
NE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
5
SSE
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		glassglassglassoffoffglassoncross-
on		glassglassoffoffoffglasscross-
on		onglassglasscross-
off		offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:24PM
1.30
8:10AM
1.91
10:58PM
1.36
8:52AM
1.96
11:28PM
1.40
9:32AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:00PM
0.07
1:48AM
1.07
3:39PM
-0.01
2:37AM
1.06
4:14PM
-0.07
3:21AM
1.03
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-------7:33-------7:33-------7:33
Sunset-5:14-------5:15-------5:15------
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)
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Temp. °C10912131313131515141414141413161614131313121214
Feels °C (?)77121211111013121213131211914141212121110912
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