Little River State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 19 Jan 2026 PST
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Little River State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Little River State Beach sea temperature is
11.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Little River State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Little River State Beach at 6AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)18s

Table - waves today at Little River State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1.2
W
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)141313131320191818161616151514141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5774024214082772762674225165557521016892857813791915875760749633575472396
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NE
5
E
0
NE
5
NW
5
NW
0
ENE
0
SE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
SE
5
WSW
0
W
0
S
0
SE
5
ENE
0
ENE
0
NNE
0
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
glassglassglassoffglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:38AM
2.14
11:16AM
2.70
1:08AM
2.20
11:55AM
2.64
1:38AM
2.26
12:36PM
2.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
1.45
6:25PM
0.20
6:07AM
1.39
6:57PM
0.26
6:52AM
1.33
7:28PM
0.37
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise---7:37-------7:35-------7:35----
Sunset-----5:16-------5:17-------5:19--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C998111411101099912141211111111111213131010
Feels °C (?)6659121099777111211101010101011111189
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