Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 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
12.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 8AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
4
3
2
1
1
4
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.8
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)9988888101010101010997916161515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)715730694708975127913161224988793636446399375508143287253253256191188188165
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
20
N
15
N
25
NW
40
NW
40
NW
30
NNW
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
0
NNE
10
WNW
5
W
10
NW
5
N
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
glassoffglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:26AM
1.48
11:15PM
1.86
12:20PM
1.45
11:48PM
1.95
1:16PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
-0.01
4:52PM
0.31
5:47AM
-0.20
5:28PM
0.42
6:34AM
-0.34
6:07PM
0.54
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--6:35-------6:35-------6:33-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:53-------7:54--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C766912131299891111109999101211111011
Feels °C (?)0013346665577787778109889
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