Dry Lagoon Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Humboldt (25 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Dry Lagoon surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT

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Dry Lagoon surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Dry Lagoon sea temperature is 15.5° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dry Lagoon today?

The current surf forecast for Dry Lagoon at 12PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	12s
Evening (16 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	11s

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

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	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	4	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SW	SW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	16	16	10	10	12	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	88	117	203	379	334	316	269	223	169	163	209	439	215	549	1073	1478	1464	1495	1637	2216	2354	2214	1627	1251
Wind (km/h)	SE	WSW	W	WNW	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	SSE	NE	NNE	NNE	NW	NNW	NNW	ESE	SSE	SSE	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:16AM 2.03			7:50PM 2.47					10:05AM 2.13				8:59PM 2.49				10:43AM 2.24				9:57PM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)			1:57PM 1.56					3:11AM 0.42				3:10PM 1.43				4:02AM 0.41				4:06PM 1.27				4:44AM 0.44

	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	22	22	22	18	17	16	16	16	19	19	18	14	14	14	14	15	19	18	19	15	17	16	16
Feels °C (?)	17	21	22	22	18	17	15	15	15	17	17	16	14	14	14	14	15	18	15	16	16	17	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Humboldt

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Dry Lagoon (calm at Arcata/Eureka Airport 27 km from Dry Lagoon). 0.9m 7s swell from the NW with a 0.7m 12s groundswell from the WNW and a 0.5m 9s swell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 28 minutes ago Dry Lagoon

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