Gold Bluffs Beach surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
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Gold Bluffs Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gold Bluffs Beach sea temperature is
15.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Gold Bluffs Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Gold Bluffs Beach at 9PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (16 Sep)4ft (1.2m)11s

Table - waves today at Gold Bluffs Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
3
3
4
4
4
3
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4
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
SW
1.1
W
1.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
Period(s) (?)1211111010101016101012810101010101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)199346308291227209169163240576215666122912811281126013542004196715221115910800683
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
W
0
NE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NE
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
NE
5
SSE
0
ENE
0
NE
0
SE
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:51PM
2.49
10:05AM
2.16
9:01PM
2.51
10:43AM
2.27
9:59PM
2.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:59PM
1.58
3:12AM
0.44
3:12PM
1.45
4:03AM
0.43
4:08PM
1.28
4:45AM
0.45
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-
Sunset-7:23-------7:22-------7:20------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242319171616172021191515141415202021161717161721
Feels °C (?)242320171616171919171615141415191820161718161721
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Humboldt

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Gold Bluffs Beach (calm at Crescent City Airport 42 km from Gold Bluffs Beach). 1.2m 11s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.5m 12s groundswell from the W and a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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