Big Lagoon surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 30 Jul 2025 PDT
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Big Lagoon surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Big Lagoon sea temperature is
14.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Big Lagoon today?

The current surf forecast for Big Lagoon at 2AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Afternoon (31 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (31 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

Table - waves today at Big Lagoon. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wed
30
Thursday
31
Friday
01
Saturday
02
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Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
1
NW
1
NW
0.8
NW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)777617181818186661616161666161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)31830329021716720624326121615614211414516420318518721617011799170153189
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
S
5
SE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
0
SW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
5
NNW
5
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
0
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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on
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on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
4:52AM
1.86
5:05PM
2.39
6:09AM
1.74
5:45PM
2.37
7:44AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
1.03
10:26AM
1.14
12:08AM
0.97
11:02AM
1.33
1:14AM
0.90
11:48AM
1.49
Wed
30
Thursday
31
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sunrise----6:09-------6:11-------6:11---
Sunset8:35-------8:34-------8:32-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151314141517171614131313151717171514141415171717
Feels °C (?)161314141517161514141313161616161615141416161616
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Humboldt

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Big Lagoon (light winds from the SSW at Arcata/Eureka Airport 20 km from Big Lagoon). 0.8m 7s swell from the NW with a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
SSW
0.0
14.6
Air / Water (°C)
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