Third Reef surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 19 Feb 2026 PST
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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
12.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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 7AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 2.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (19 Feb)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)13ft (4.0m)11s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
2
0
1
2
5
3
4
4
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
NW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.1
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)11111191011111111101010109999971313101212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147320051789778226129573984186613691042794290296254225146113711274635323746
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
NNW
20
N
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:25AM
1.79
12:10PM
1.87
12:52AM
1.86
1:00PM
1.74
1:23AM
1.93
1:54PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
0.52
6:31PM
0.20
6:57AM
0.41
7:02PM
0.36
7:49AM
0.31
7:35PM
0.55
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---7:03-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset-----5:55-------5:57-------5:58--
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
4101-------------------21
Temp. °C6656887754368988877811121011
Feels °C (?)210011241-1-22442210012311
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