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Mad River Beach ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.0
Consistency of surf: 2.0
Difficulty level: 3.0
Crowds: 4.0
Accommodation: 4.0

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Mad River Beach Surf Forecast / California – Humboldt County / USA

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 10 am Monday 04 Jun 2012

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

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.0
WNW
2.5
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1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
W
1.4
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3.0
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3.0
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Period (s) (?) 10 8 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 10 9
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 198 925 258 193 190 290 207 140 256 422 783 696 618 795 1489 1538 1837 1209
Wind
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20
SSE 20
WNW 10
SE 10
WNW 20
NW 10
ENE 10
WNW 15
WNW 5
SSE 15
SSE 5
W 15
NW 15
NW 20
NW 10
N 20
NW 35
NNW 20
N
Wind State (?) cross cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Mad River Beach blow from the E
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:53PM
1.94

12:56AM
2.78

2:44PM
1.99
1:46AM
2.70

3:34PM
2.01
2:37AM
2.56

4:23PM
2.03
3:30AM
2.35

5:12PM
2.04
4:25AM
2.12

6:01PM
2.06

Low Tide
/ height (m)

6:42PM
0.74

7:48AM
-0.73
7:35PM
0.75

8:35AM
-0.68

8:30PM
0.76
9:23AM
-0.56

9:27PM
0.76
10:10AM
-0.38

10:28PM
0.76
10:57AM
-0.17

11:35PM
0.73
 

Note: the tide data above is for Mad River Slough, Arcata Bay, Humboldt Bay, Califor which is 5 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Mad River 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 Mad River Beach sea temperature is 10.9 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 12.3 max: 14.6 min: 10.2 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Mon afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Mon morning, min 9°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Sat afternoon).
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Summary light rain rain shwrs rain shwrs clear clear clear clear clear rain shwrs light rain light rain some clouds some clouds clear clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) 1 7 3 - - - - - 1 2 2 - - - - - - -
High °C 15 13 10 14 14 11 14 15 13 14 14 13 13 14 11 14 14 12
Low °C 14 11 9 11 13 9 10 14 12 13 14 11 11 13 10 11 14 10
Chill °C (?) 14 11 9 13 12 9 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 13 9 13 12 9
Sunrise 5:45 - - 5:45 - - 5:45 - - 5:43 - - 5:43 - - 5:43 - -
Sunset - 20:44 - - 20:45 - - 20:45 - - 20:45 - - 20:46 - - 20:46 -
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Global Wavefinder Parea-left Easter-reef Trial-harbour Trial-harbour Dinner-plates J-bay East-pier Double-mouth Gerickes-point Uatotoka Uatotoka Uatotoka Dolphin-point Brak-river Riet-river Dinner-plates Asu Tora-point
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Mad River Beach is 6 km (4 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.