Garths Reef surf break

Garths Reef surfForecast / CAL – Del Norte County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 13 Sep 2025 PDT
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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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Garths Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Garths Reef at 6PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)--
Afternoon (13 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (13 Sep)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
2.1
NW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1212121211111111118777710101088889817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)459467393343308415170422478240432202169114240240231193164125941325485
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
ESE
10
S
10
SE
5
SE
5
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
0
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:09PM
2.21
6:30AM
1.50
5:13PM
2.11
8:00AM
1.52
6:32PM
2.03
9:11AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:35PM
-0.02
11:00AM
1.08
12:52AM
0.00
12:29PM
1.14
2:07AM
-0.01
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise------6:54-------6:56-------6:56-
Sunset-7:30-------7:28-------7:25------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---111------------------
Temp. °C151515161616171716161617151514181516151416161617
Feels °C (?)151515151515171713111317151413161214151214141416
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Del Norte County

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 2 km away suggest it is still onshore at Garths Reef (light winds from the S at Crescent City Airport). 1.3m 12s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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S
Onshore
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