Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 18 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
12.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 5PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
1
3
3
2
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)1615151515141414141414141488131514131212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)253256246188188218215215229223217210207306257198537103314201599145012001001764
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
ENE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
10
E
10
ESE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
5
SW
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
1.40
12:26AM
2.00
2:16PM
1.33
1:08AM
2.00
3:20PM
1.27
1:56AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:34AM
-0.34
6:07PM
0.54
7:24AM
-0.41
6:49PM
0.65
8:17AM
-0.43
7:36PM
0.74
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise6:33-------6:31-------6:31-------
Sunset---7:54-------7:55-------7:57----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------135544111
Temp. °C111312111112111111151415131312131112111211111111
Feels °C (?)101110991098811911101089810811101099
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