Third Reef surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 24 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
10.2° C
(Which is 1.2°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 9PM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)--
Afternoon (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (24 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
0
1
3
3
4
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
2
WNW
1.2
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
WNW
2
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)11181818181817121011109999999101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2522523193163703123021069316414290621736781149914577678169101695886757695585
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
W
0
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
1.26
4:00AM
1.90
7:07PM
1.25
5:12AM
1.81
8:23PM
1.32
6:39AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:44PM
0.97
11:49AM
-0.08
11:05PM
1.04
1:04PM
-0.05
12:43AM
1.01
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------7:11-------7:09-------7:07-
Sunset-7:31-------7:32-------7:34------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1415141413131214151497665111618111011111114
Feels °C (?)12131211101191111831010610136577711
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