Third Reef surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 22 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
11.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Third Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Third Reef at 12PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.9m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (22 Mar)6ft (1.9m)9s
Evening (22 Mar)6ft (1.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
4
2
0
0
2
3
3
4
4
2
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)910999991010101010101011111111111111181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7831368115711826326065731219132413001226592538508515423375341297268268252319316
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
0
NNW
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
SSW
0
NE
0
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:38AM
2.01
3:04PM
1.48
2:18AM
2.01
4:11PM
1.35
3:04AM
1.98
5:32PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:33AM
-0.14
8:07PM
0.71
9:30AM
-0.14
8:49PM
0.85
10:36AM
-0.11
9:44PM
0.97
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--7:16-------7:15-------7:13-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:30-------7:31--
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C789141313131098812121211111212121413131213
Feels °C (?)34511891076559991089991110111012
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