Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 23 Mar 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
10.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 10PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)--
Afternoon (23 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)10101211111111111111181818181791110109991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61557064453446242337529729725231931631631229832912361538142611621163140215591411
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
SE
10
ESE
5
E
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
15
NNW
20
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffononglasscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24PM
1.22
3:12AM
1.91
5:53PM
1.18
4:13AM
1.83
7:22PM
1.21
5:27AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
0.79
10:37AM
-0.11
9:38PM
0.89
11:51AM
-0.10
11:03PM
0.95
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise------7:11-------7:11-------7:09-
Sunset-7:29-------7:30-------7:30------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111091012131415131412131313111111121087658
Feels °C (?)87789911121012101111118854210004
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