Deadman's surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDT
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Deadman's surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Deadman's sea temperature is
12.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Deadman's today?

The current surf forecast for Deadman's at 3PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (16 Apr)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (16 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

Table - waves today at Deadman's. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
2
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)8101111101010101010109999161615151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)778639819884852709640499377304293275269183156256253270249191188167218236
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
5
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
E
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27AM
1.60
11:12PM
1.91
12:20PM
1.59
11:46PM
2.01
1:15PM
1.55
12:23AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
-0.04
5:10PM
0.36
5:55AM
-0.25
5:47PM
0.48
6:41AM
-0.41
6:24PM
0.59
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:37-------6:35-------6:33-------
Sunset---7:54-------7:55-------7:57----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C511141497778131313129981012111111121212
Feels °C (?)05773222398910664799891099
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