Third Reef surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 29 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 7PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.1
NW
1.4
NW
0.9
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1.2
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1414878888888888991515151514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1151131531761071231232822031201171738685114109104104104104103999188
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WSW
0
NNW
0
SSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
S
5
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:29PM
1.63
10:10AM
1.73
11:00PM
1.72
11:03AM
1.71
11:29PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58PM
0.00
4:16AM
0.50
4:40PM
0.07
5:04AM
0.31
5:16PM
0.17
5:46AM
0.16
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------7:03-------7:01-------7:00-
Sunset-7:37-------7:37-------7:38------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------35
Temp. °C16171511101112131612111010101010101091010111011
Feels °C (?)1314138679913898999878777757
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