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Deadman's surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 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
10.3° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Deadman's today?

The current surf forecast for Deadman's at 1AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.8
NW
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)141313131212111115151010101010121010121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)855796734700566472426403326308254250245204190175282282396393393307302475
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffoffglasscrosscrossglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:37PM
1.70
11:33AM
1.83
12:03AM
1.80
12:21PM
1.80
12:32AM
1.89
1:12PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
0.08
5:31AM
0.38
5:52PM
0.15
6:13AM
0.20
6:24PM
0.26
6:56AM
0.03
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----7:22-------7:20-------7:20---
Sunset-------7:24-------7:25-------7:27
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151615141419181917161514142022232016161515202323
Feels °C (?)141513111117161716141211101718191712121110161820
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