Mad River Beach surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 PST
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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
12.6° 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 6AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (05 Nov)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (05 Nov)13ft (4.0m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
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3
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4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
W
3
W
3
W
4
WSW
4.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)121010121212121216151515151414131313141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1991460132415192338267939795683105841030597468332704355824458384836223237475646674291400134533151
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
40
S
30
S
30
S
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
S
5
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
2.07
11:20AM
2.84
12:54AM
2.08
12:00PM
2.91
1:50AM
2.05
12:44PM
2.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:02AM
0.68
6:06PM
-0.52
5:46AM
0.82
6:55PM
-0.62
6:32AM
0.94
7:45PM
-0.62
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:54-----
Sunset-----5:07-------5:07-------5:05--
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
727433531-----383--------
Temp. °C151515161615141414141417171413141414141515141111
Feels °C (?)98101110101211111111141411111313131212121089
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