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Big Lagoon surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 PST
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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
11.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Big Lagoon today?

The current surf forecast for Big Lagoon at 7PM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)--
Afternoon (27 Jan)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (27 Jan)6ft (1.9m)9s

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

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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
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4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
Period(s) (?)78891010101013131313161615141414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23441264950510221107105012502085193217781778389148295207535952124779395331252638210318791712
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SW
10
S
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:47PM
1.78
6:29AM
2.70
9:06PM
1.89
7:34AM
2.78
10:04PM
2.02
8:36AM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04PM
0.55
11:53PM
1.48
2:11PM
0.36
1:13AM
1.54
3:10PM
0.18
2:27AM
1.52
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise-------7:31-------7:30-------7:28
Sunset-5:25-------5:27-------5:29------
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Rain (mm)
-10111--------------------
Temp. °C171211101010101215131111111111131514131212121214
Feels °C (?)10786766912109888810131111999811
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