Surf Forecast Surf Report

Point Arena surfForecast / CAL – Mendocino County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 18 Apr 2025 PDT
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Point Arena surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Point Arena sea temperature is
10.1° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Point Arena today?

The current surf forecast for Point Arena at 7PM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (18 Apr)5ft (1.6m)8s

Table - waves today at Point Arena. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
2
NW
2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.3
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)998888889999101010101010109991010109101010101010101010101010101010999999813127712121212121178
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)48642737536745751951956968680810651623155317651824180119302365269321281721177623541930141916101962205317271764189117641926219225282444193020261624151012641187111212091124931671448346314169115247243215174171112163396
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
20
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
20
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
10
N
20
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
0
WNW
10
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
1.07
2:44AM
1.51
6:37PM
1.10
3:45AM
1.46
7:30PM
1.16
5:03AM
1.42
8:04PM
1.25
6:24AM
1.41
8:33PM
1.37
7:39AM
1.43
9:01PM
1.51
8:47AM
1.45
9:30PM
1.66
9:50AM
1.47
10:02PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:31PM
0.98
10:47AM
-0.01
9:46PM
1.02
11:48AM
-0.01
11:29PM
1.00
12:46PM
-0.02
12:56AM
0.88
1:36PM
-0.03
2:03AM
0.68
2:22PM
-0.00
2:58AM
0.42
3:04PM
0.06
3:49AM
0.14
3:44PM
0.16
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Sunrise------6:33-------6:31-------6:30-------6:28-------6:26-------6:26-------6:24-----
Sunset-7:53-------7:54-------7:55-------7:57-------7:58-------7:59--------8:00-------8:00-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11101011111010111111111099910111111988911111111109991111111010991011101010101010101011111010109101212121212
Feels °C (?)98788678979767765453236765654445444445885444555576679668891010
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