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Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 10 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 4AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (11 Jan)7ft (2.1m)18s
Evening (11 Jan)11ft (3.5m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
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4
4
4
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
W
Period(s) (?)141313121220191817171616161616151414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9251032106010711019900220534816946720167055713495746064164371535663135274721551893171315681491
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
0
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
E
5
E
0
SE
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffoffcross-
off		glassonglassoffglassglassoffcross-
off		glassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:14PM
1.15
5:15AM
1.80
6:58PM
1.11
5:57AM
1.82
8:33PM
1.16
6:42AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:06PM
0.70
12:29PM
0.41
10:53PM
0.86
1:28PM
0.28
11:49PM
0.98
2:18PM
0.16
Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----7:35-------7:33-------7:33--
Sunset-------5:10-------5:12-------5:13
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11111111121212111110101091011111111111211121411
Feels °C (?)10998101098997768898999910128
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