Trinidad State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Humboldt / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 PDT
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Trinidad State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Trinidad State Beach sea temperature is
13.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Trinidad State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Trinidad State Beach at 6PM is: 0.8m 20s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)--
Afternoon (17 Oct)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (17 Oct)4ft (1.2m)19s

Table - waves today at Trinidad State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
4
4
5
5
5
3
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
3
9
8
6
6
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.2
WNW
3
NW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)132019181716161616151514141413131313131616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)317450876155623772853330435693369333128132285200515791110107711171622252282587655590650124156
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
NNW
5
N
5
ESE
10
SE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NE
5
E
5
SE
5
SE
5
E
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54PM
1.74
10:31AM
1.94
10:45PM
1.74
10:59AM
2.01
11:32PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:01PM
0.52
4:06AM
0.23
4:45PM
0.34
4:42AM
0.34
5:23PM
0.18
5:14AM
0.47
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------7:31-------7:31-------7:33-
Sunset-6:32-------6:30-------6:30------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C1514111112121217161411111213121416141110109914
Feels °C (?)1212101010111016151410101111111312107886611
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Humboldt

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent clean conditions at Trinidad State Beach have likely become affected by the arrival of onshore winds (light winds from the W at Arcata/Eureka Airport 10 km from Trinidad State Beach). 1.6m 6s windswell from the NNW with a 1.0m 10s swell from the NW and a 0.6m 16s long period groundswell from the WNW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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W
Onshore
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