Ward Avenue surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 09 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
12.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ward Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Avenue at 5AM is: 0.9m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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


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Thu
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)161617181818171515151516161616151516161699910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)271339368491491480437372287226367499499499402372372382387365505390406410
Wind
(km/h)
0
S
5
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
15
SE
15
E
15
E
15
N
5
N
5
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffglassglasscrossglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52PM
1.14
5:12AM
1.42
8:34PM
1.20
6:29AM
1.41
9:03PM
1.27
7:39AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:14PM
0.98
12:54PM
0.12
12:45AM
0.92
1:45PM
0.09
1:53AM
0.80
2:29PM
0.09
Thu
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise----6:45-------6:43-------6:41---
Sunset-------7:46-------7:47-------7:49
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---111211--1112210--11---
Temp. °C1413121212131314131211111212131388999111111
Feels °C (?)1513111112121214121199988744557978
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