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Gold Bluffs Beach ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Gold Bluffs Beach Surf Forecast / California – Humboldt County / USA

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 22 pm Sunday 03 Jun 2012

Gold Bluffs Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
Swell Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
2.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
SSW
1.0
WNW
1.3
W
1.1
WNW
0.6
S
1.2
WNW
1.4
W
1.9
W
2.0
W
2.0
W
2.4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.0
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period (s) (?) 10 10 8 10 16 9 8 8 14 8 9 10 10 10 10 11 10 10
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 279 232 636 258 250 161 245 176 138 207 311 722 770 736 1021 2887 1675 1028
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE 20
S 15
WNW 10
SSE 10
WNW 15
WNW 5
NNE 10
WNW 10
WNW 10
SE 15
SSE 15
SSE 10
WNW 10
WSW 15
W 5
W 15
NNW 20
NW
Wind State (?) cross-
off
cross cross-
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on cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Gold Bluffs Beach blow from the E
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:10PM
2.49
12:55PM
1.81

12:00AM
2.49
1:45PM
1.85

12:49AM
2.42

2:35PM
1.86
1:41AM
2.29

3:24PM
1.87
2:33AM
2.10

4:14PM
1.87
3:30AM
1.88

5:04PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)

6:17AM
-0.67
6:00PM
0.69

7:05AM
-0.70
6:54PM
0.69

7:53AM
-0.66
7:49PM
0.69

8:41AM
-0.54

8:47PM
0.70
9:28AM
-0.37

9:50PM
0.69
10:16AM
-0.16

 

Note: the tide data above is for Crescent City, California which is 39 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Gold Bluffs Beach. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Gold Bluffs Beach sea temperature is 10.6 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 12.2 max: 14.4 min: 10.1 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
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Summary mod rain rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs clear clear clear clear clear clear light rain mod rain rain shwrs some clouds some clouds rain shwrs some clouds clear
Rain (mm) 8 2 9 2 - - - - - - 3 6 5 - - 3 - -
High °C 15 15 14 10 13 14 11 15 16 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 14 16
Low °C 14 15 11 8 10 13 9 11 15 12 12 13 10 11 13 10 11 15
Chill °C (?) 15 15 13 9 13 13 10 15 15 13 12 12 12 12 12 10 13 15
Sunrise - 5:43 - - 5:43 - - 5:43 - - 5:41 - - 5:41 - - 5:41 -
Sunset - - 20:45 - - 20:45 - - 20:46 - - 20:46 - - 20:47 - - 20:49
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The above surf forecast table for Gold Bluffs Beach provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 6 days. A general guide to surfing at Gold Bluffs Beach can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Gold Bluffs Beach surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Gold Bluffs Beach) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).

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Gold Bluffs Beach is 51 km (32 miles) from McKinleyville. If you plan a vacation in Humboldt County, look for hotels and other accommodation in McKinleyville. McKinleyville has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.