Third Reef surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 09 Apr 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
12.5° C
(Which is 1.1°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 4AM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
2
1
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.4
WSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616181818171615151516161616151516161616161016
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)271268343390491486459318287348358407499499402298362377382387382280371277
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
10
SE
10
NE
15
N
10
NE
5
N
10
WNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
1.17
4:54AM
1.48
8:20PM
1.23
6:15AM
1.44
8:53PM
1.32
7:35AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:11PM
1.06
12:50PM
0.17
12:42AM
1.01
1:45PM
0.16
1:56AM
0.87
2:33PM
0.16
Thu
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise----6:46-------6:45-------6:43---
Sunset-------7:49-------7:50-------7:51
part cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---11-1--1122123102--1---
Temp. °C131313121213131312121211111112129109109111110
Feels °C (?)13121211121212121111109767547676988
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