Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 05 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
11.4° 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 11PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111115151515151514141414141413181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)496443464407400335291242352275208208205209257253180179179179176154154154
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:03PM
1.21
1:46AM
1.67
4:03PM
1.14
2:22AM
1.61
5:18PM
1.09
3:05AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
0.76
8:57AM
0.02
8:01PM
0.84
9:49AM
0.07
8:41PM
0.92
10:49AM
0.11
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------6:52-------6:50-------6:48-
Sunset-7:42-------7:43-------7:44------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161514141412121313131111111010121212111111111112
Feels °C (?)13131212121010111111101010881091091098910
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