Mad River Beach surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 22 Mar 2026 PDT
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Mad River Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mad River Beach sea temperature is
11.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mad River Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Mad River Beach at 8PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)--
Afternoon (22 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (22 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
3
4
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
WNW
1.4
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.1
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)9999101010101011111111111111111111910101212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7037459521251126411609898677687916776345724764763822632201963274633563531517
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
NNW
0
W
5
SW
10
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
0
NE
0
ESE
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SE
5
WSW
15
NNW
15
N
25
NNW
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
onglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:18PM
1.86
3:42AM
2.57
5:24PM
1.72
4:30AM
2.51
6:41PM
1.61
5:30AM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:17PM
0.74
10:36AM
-0.17
10:03PM
0.92
11:38AM
-0.13
11:00PM
1.07
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise------7:15-------7:13-------7:11-
Sunset-7:30-------7:30-------7:31------
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part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
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light rain
light rain
cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121198889121313101013121316161513131110910
Feels °C (?)9766777101112991091012121211118744
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