Third Reef surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 21 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 3PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (21 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
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
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
2
4
3
3
4
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.8
NW
1.8
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
3
NW
1.9
NW
2.5
NW
1.8
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
Period(s) (?)1611109991010999991010101010101011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)160137626669636699817147863212125866516191219142013001156592549477524431375347
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
NNW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
1.61
1:38AM
2.01
3:04PM
1.48
2:18AM
2.01
4:11PM
1.35
3:04AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
-0.08
7:31PM
0.55
8:33AM
-0.14
8:07PM
0.71
9:30AM
-0.14
8:49PM
0.85
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise7:18-------7:16-------7:15-------
Sunset---7:29-------7:30-------7:30----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11151716107899141313121099813121211121212
Feels °C (?)811111052455118997665108991098
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