The Lagoons surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
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The Lagoons surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Lagoons sea temperature is
15.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Lagoons today?

The current surf forecast for The Lagoons at 10PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (16 Sep)4ft (1.2m)11s

Table - waves today at The Lagoons. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
2
3
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4
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
2.4
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
Period(s) (?)12111110101016161010108910101010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20337933431626922316916320925028268213871509157515591707226223082033147611471001816
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
W
5
NE
5
N
5
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
5
N
5
SE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
5
NE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NNE
0
NE
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:51PM
2.48
10:05AM
2.15
9:00PM
2.50
10:43AM
2.25
9:58PM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:58PM
1.57
3:12AM
0.43
3:11PM
1.44
4:02AM
0.42
4:07PM
1.27
4:44AM
0.45
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-
Sunset-7:23-------7:22-------7:21------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222218171615161919181414141415191818151616161719
Feels °C (?)232319171614161717161413141415181615151516161818
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Humboldt

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Lagoons (calm at Arcata/Eureka Airport 31 km from The Lagoons). 1.2m 11s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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