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Deadman's surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am 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
10.4° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 7AM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (17 Mar)5ft (1.5m)14s

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

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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
W
0.9
SSW
1.3
WNW
1.4
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
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)171818121614141313131212111115151010101010121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)499298298314380704747796734700566472426403326308254250215204160175197341
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
5
N
15
NW
10
NW
5
ENE
5
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		crosscrossoffoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscrossglassoffoffoffoffoffcrosscrossoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:11PM
1.59
10:45AM
1.84
11:37PM
1.70
11:33AM
1.83
12:03AM
1.80
12:21PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:49AM
0.57
5:20PM
0.08
5:31AM
0.38
5:52PM
0.15
6:13AM
0.20
6:24PM
0.26
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise--7:24-------7:22-------7:20-----
Sunset-----7:23-------7:24-------7:25--
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C141414201918171614141418181818161414142122232016
Feels °C (?)101010181616161411111015151616131110101818191712
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