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Third Reef surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
13.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Third Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Third Reef at 9AM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Afternoon (20 Nov)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (20 Nov)13ft (4.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
4
3
1
3
4
5
5
4
4
5
4
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
4
4
5
5
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1.4
W
2
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)111110111214141414141414131313131414141716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)256441757122126035038581658585297470439933456293128872627217027172847260648264377413639813981
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
20
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
1.44
10:16AM
1.95
12:24AM
1.44
10:46AM
1.94
1:08AM
1.42
11:17AM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
0.91
5:33PM
-0.16
4:56AM
0.97
6:08PM
-0.16
5:27AM
1.03
6:45PM
-0.13
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise---7:05-------7:07-------7:09----
Sunset-----4:55-------4:54-------4:54--
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C12111011131310988811161510101110101313121110
Feels °C (?)99799965443712116787711111097
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