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Garths Reef surf break

Garths Reef surfForecast / CAL – Del Norte County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 31 Jan 2026 PST
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Garths Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Garths Reef sea temperature is
11.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Garths Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Garths Reef at 9AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 1.2m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)4ft (1.2m)18s
Afternoon (31 Jan)5ft (1.5m)16s
Evening (31 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)15s

Table - waves today at Garths Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
1
2
0
1
2
4
4
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.1
WSW
2.4
WSW
3
W
2.4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)121211181616161514121418171716161515151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15971301102489410521306142026862716121121905751334761155848560653244462376631482846245219981726
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSW
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
20
SE
10
SSW
25
SE
20
SSE
15
S
5
S
5
ENE
5
E
10
E
5
NE
10
E
5
NNE
15
NW
20
NNW
10
N
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		onononglasscrosscrossglasscrossglasscross-
off		offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:50PM
1.81
9:37AM
2.51
11:31PM
1.91
10:30AM
2.51
12:09AM
1.99
11:20AM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
1.03
4:49PM
-0.41
4:34AM
0.90
5:32PM
-0.41
5:26AM
0.77
6:11PM
-0.34
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise---7:30-------7:28-------7:28----
Sunset-----5:30-------5:31-------5:32--
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------41------------
Temp. °C141514141613141313141112121212111111111214141413
Feels °C (?)121211111211111081068911121099810991111
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