Redwood Creek surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 PST
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Redwood Creek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Redwood Creek sea temperature is
11.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Redwood Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Redwood Creek at 5PM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Afternoon (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

Table - waves today at Redwood Creek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
W
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
1.1
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)16161515141413131313131212121212161615148888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9051016892836813780901875757746630575469393333276341416360429477589470406
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
WSW
5
NW
5
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNE
0
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
N
10
NW
10
NNW
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55AM
2.66
1:36AM
2.28
12:36PM
2.55
2:06AM
2.35
1:21PM
2.40
2:36AM
2.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
1.39
6:56PM
0.27
6:51AM
1.32
7:27PM
0.37
7:40AM
1.24
7:58PM
0.53
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-7:37-------7:35-------7:35------
Sunset---5:16-------5:17-------5:20----
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C91214141111111111131414101010991213119988
Feels °C (?)61012139899911121289877101188865
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