Third Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Humboldt County, USA)

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Third Reef Spot ID:

Type: reef

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell WNW | Wind E

Sea Temperature Today is: 10.4 °C

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Sunday, 19 May 2013, 04:35 Local time

m, °C	Saturday 18
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross- on

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Third Reef in Humboldt is an exposed reef break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the east. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the west northwest. A choice of left and right reefs. Best around low tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Beware of sharks, rips, rocks and locals.

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For Shelter Cove, California, 1 miles from Third Reef.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
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Third Reef Tide Times and Tide Chart

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At BUOY-46213, 64 km from Third Reef.

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Buoy Data:

At Eel River Buoy, 57 miles from Third Reef.

	10PM	11PM	12AM	1AM
Data Age	5 hr	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	6	6	8	7

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Overall Third Reef Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Third Reef: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	No Pass	0 mi
Second closest break	Deadmans	1 mi
Third closest break	Deadman s 1	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Gale Point	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Mckee s Creek	6 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Third Reef:
Closest wave buoy	Eel River Buoy	57 mi
Second closest wave buoy	PT Arena Buoy	57 mi
Third closest wave buoy	St Georges Buoy	127 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	130 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	170 mi
Tide stations nearest to Third Reef:
Closest tide station	Shelter Cove	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Westport	31 mi
Third closest tide station	Cape Mendocino	34 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Fort Bragg Landing	42 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Eel River entrance	44 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Third Reef:
Closest ski area	Mt Shasta (United States)	138 mi
Second closest ski area	Stover Mountain Ski Area (United States)	149 mi
Third closest ski area	Mt Ashland (United States)	160 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Coppervale (United States)	183 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Royal Gorge (United States)	202 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Third Reef:
Closest city location	Eureka (United States)	53 mi
Second closest city location	Windsor (United States)	122 mi
Third closest city location	Santa Rosa (United States)	132 mi
Fourth closest city location	Rohnert Park (United States)	138 mi
Fifth closest city location	Yuba City (United States)	145 mi

The nearest passenger airport to Third Reef is Chico Muni Airport (CIC) in USA, which is 191 km (119 miles) away (directly).
The second closest airport to Third Reef is Beale Afb (Marysville) Airport (BAB), also in USA, 247 km (153 miles) away.

Third Reef break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Third Reef, CAL - Humboldt. Use the tab navigation above to view Third Reef sea temperature, Third Reef photographs, Third Reef detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Third Reef webcams, current wind from CAL - Humboldt live weather stations and Third Reef tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Third Reef.

Third Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Humboldt County, USA)

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