Little River State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 PDT
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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
13.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


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

The current surf forecast for Little River State Beach at 10AM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (18 Oct)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (18 Oct)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
1
1
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2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
2.4
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)171616161615151414141313131317161514141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)234928533304356939683331281322852005157911271077128918287758839575575814500939193314308830042591
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
ENE
5
NE
5
E
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
2.46
10:44PM
2.27
10:56AM
2.52
11:30PM
2.27
11:21AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07AM
0.75
4:44PM
0.85
4:42AM
0.86
5:21PM
0.67
5:15AM
0.98
5:56PM
0.53
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise--7:30-------7:31-------7:33-----
Sunset-----6:30-------6:30-------6:28--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C1212121716151112121311131614111010981417161313
Feels °C (?)1011101615151011111110131210877541113131210
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Humboldt

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Little River State Beach (calm at Arcata/Eureka Airport 2 km from Little River State Beach). 2.4m 16s long period groundswell from the WNW with a 1.1m 7s swell from the NW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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