Mad River Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.91° N 124.15° W

Mad River Beach, United States Weather Observations

Issued: 4 am 31 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Mad River Beach sea temperature is
14.2°C
0.0° 

Mad River Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Mad River Beach based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Mad River Beach right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Mad River Beach

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Arcata/Eureka Airport

9 km NNE218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
cloudDry and cloudy
10
light winds from the ESE
(9 km/h at 120°)
12.8 °C16
16
overcast

Bayside wx

13 km SE27 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 43°)
0
13 °C-
-
-
-
0

BUOY-HBXC1

15 km S3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-


Eureka

16 km S43 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 145°)
10
13 °C-
-
-
-
0

Trinidad

17 km N54 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 179°)
5
13 °C-
-
-
-
0

BUOY-NJLC1

17 km S3 m above sea level

58 minutes ago
10
light winds from the SE
(11 km/h at 140°)
13.4 °C-
-


BUOY-TDPC1

17 km N3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-


BUOY-HBYC1

17 km S3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-


Humboldt Bay- North Spit- CA

18 km WSW3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-


Fortuna

28 km S122 m above sea level

1 hour ago
cloudDry and cloudy
wind obs. (9 kph from 110 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
12 °C8
8
overcast

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Mad River Beach and within an acceptable time window.

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