Third Reef surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 20 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
10.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Third Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Third Reef at 1AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (21 Mar)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)7ft (2.1m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
2
1
0
0
2
3
3
3
4
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.6
SSW
1.3
NW
1.8
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
3
NW
2.1
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
Period(s) (?)11111111167799910101010109910101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)256235188184160147363715731699800817697745694699729162491815731316622538549
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
10
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
1.97
2:05PM
1.61
1:38AM
2.01
3:04PM
1.48
2:18AM
2.01
4:11PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
0.40
7:42AM
-0.08
7:31PM
0.55
8:33AM
-0.14
8:07PM
0.71
9:30AM
-0.14
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----7:18-------7:16-------7:15---
Sunset-------7:29-------7:30-------7:30
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1714131111151715107789141413129888111111
Feels °C (?)1411108811119523451110996555879
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