Third Reef surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 09 Apr 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
12.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Third Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Third Reef at 9PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
2
0
2
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161618181817161515151616161617151616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)175278271268343390491486459318287348358407499499402224362377382387314280
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
S
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
1.17
4:54AM
1.48
8:20PM
1.23
6:15AM
1.44
8:53PM
1.32
7:35AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:48AM
0.17
11:11PM
1.06
12:50PM
0.17
12:42AM
1.01
1:45PM
0.16
1:56AM
0.87
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:46-------6:45-------6:43-
Sunset-7:47-------7:49-------7:50------
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-------1--11123446521--
Temp. °C14131313131213141313131212111111111311998910
Feels °C (?)1312131212111213111112101098779966467
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