Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 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
13.7° 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 1PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.1m 22s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (21 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)21s
Evening (21 Oct)10ft (3.0m)18s

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

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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
6
7
!
!
!
!
!
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
1.3
WNW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.8
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121221201918171616161514141414131313131917161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)136912781527367650747698787054714895436131512480199717351291119812891573180324577142634059495438
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
NNE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSE
0
ENE
5
E
5
W
10
NW
10
WNW
10
N
5
NE
5
ESE
5
E
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
0
E
5
SE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglassglassoffoffcross-
off
glassoffcross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25AM
1.78
12:44AM
1.39
11:49AM
1.78
1:29AM
1.35
12:15PM
1.76
2:16AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09AM
0.56
6:03PM
0.01
5:38AM
0.67
6:39PM
-0.03
6:06AM
0.77
7:15PM
-0.04
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise7:31-------7:31-------7:33-------
Sunset---6:27-------6:25-------6:24----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C162017161616151414161415131312121214131211121212
Feels °C (?)131715151414121312141314121312111113111110121111
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Mendocino County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ward Avenue (calm at Mendocino 24 km from Ward Avenue). 2.0m 11s groundswell from the NW with a 0.9m 22s long period groundswell from the WNW and a 0.8m 14s groundswell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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2 km/h
SSE
0.0
13.7
Air / Water (°C)
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