Third Reef surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 28 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 12AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.7
NW
1.5
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.5
SSW
1.2
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
1
NW
0.8
NW
Period(s) (?)111010101099999888137888888899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)538404388542399166159230176240173126123981352291771351911079385152112
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
ENE
5
W
5
NW
5
NE
5
ENE
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54PM
1.53
9:11AM
1.74
10:29PM
1.63
10:10AM
1.73
11:00PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
-0.03
3:21AM
0.70
3:58PM
0.00
4:16AM
0.50
4:40PM
0.07
5:04AM
0.31
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------7:05-------7:03-------7:01-
Sunset-7:36-------7:37-------7:37------
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232217131212131716171410991014119998889
Feels °C (?)18181387891412131165561187776666
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