Third Reef surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 10 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
12.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Third Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Third Reef at 1AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
1
2
2
1
1
0
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.1
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
W
1.3
WNW
1.5
W
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)171615151516161616171516161616910101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)459318287348358407499499402224362377382387539530540500342440425435348377
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
S
15
S
25
S
25
SSE
30
SE
35
S
15
ESE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:20PM
1.23
6:15AM
1.44
8:53PM
1.32
7:35AM
1.45
9:20PM
1.42
8:41AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:50PM
0.17
12:42AM
1.01
1:45PM
0.16
1:56AM
0.87
2:33PM
0.16
2:54AM
0.69
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise------6:45-------6:43-------6:41-
Sunset-7:49-------7:50-------7:51------
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11111212272-4261--------
Temp. °C1313131212111212129998878910101010101012
Feels °C (?)1211119987762565556687888810
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