Third Reef surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 PDT
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Third Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Third Reef sea temperature is
10.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Third Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Third Reef at 10AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (23 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

Table - waves today at Third Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.6
NW
1.3
WNW
1.9
NW
2
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)1010111010101111111111111818181818181711111099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12021178593527468477431423341297297255252252319316370312302585359724683669
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
E
5
NE
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NNW
25
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
offcross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
2.01
4:11PM
1.35
3:04AM
1.98
5:32PM
1.26
4:00AM
1.90
7:07PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:30AM
-0.14
8:49PM
0.85
10:36AM
-0.11
9:44PM
0.97
11:49AM
-0.08
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--7:15-------7:13-------7:11-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:31-------7:32--
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10991312131212131213141313131313121314151498
Feels °C (?)7661091010101081011101111111110111110732
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