Garths Reef surf break

Garths Reef surfForecast / CAL – Del Norte County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 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
11.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (21 Mar)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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


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Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
1.5
NW
1.2
NW
2
WNW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
WNW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111116788888999981010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3072382311841771475278257165093833022812755293641004855763674578500462443
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
40
NNW
45
NNW
35
NNW
25
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
10
N
20
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
0
ENE
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
oncross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
1:28AM
2.30
2:23PM
1.85
2:04AM
2.33
3:20PM
1.73
2:44AM
2.31
4:26PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19PM
0.34
8:06AM
-0.13
7:55PM
0.52
8:55AM
-0.18
8:35PM
0.71
9:50AM
-0.16
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----7:18-------7:16-------7:15---
Sunset-------7:29-------7:30-------7:31
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C13111010101110101111109812131312101099101010
Feels °C (?)1175777103555486696778999
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