Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 17 Sep 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
15.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 2PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (17 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
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4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
1
2
2
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.3
WNW
0.7
S
2
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
Period(s) (?)161610167781010101010101010101010101099109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)267264320254417440715139416161561150614251348120211341065900769636520419332327251
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
0
NNW
5
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
S
5
S
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
0
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassonglassglasscross-
off
glassglassonglassononcross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:49AM
1.41
8:39PM
1.79
10:26AM
1.48
9:37PM
1.79
10:58AM
1.55
10:28PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:33PM
0.80
3:33AM
-0.07
3:30PM
0.67
4:15AM
-0.03
4:18PM
0.54
4:51AM
0.05
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------
Sunset---7:20-------7:19-------7:16----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------11--------
Temp. °C161617171515141415151716161514141416151514151515
Feels °C (?)171416161515141515141717161614141415141514151515
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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). 1.2m 6s windswell from the NW with a 0.7m 10s swell from the WNW and a 0.4m 16s long period groundswell from the S as well as a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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