Humboldt County Surf

Detailed Humboldt County surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Humboldt County. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Humboldt County. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Humboldt County over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Humboldt County and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Humboldt County Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Humboldt County Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Humboldt County coastline are also listed below.

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Humboldt County Wavefinder

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	Tue	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Humboldt County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	3	0	5	5	8	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WNW	2.1 S	1.7 WNW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	8	8	13	12	14	13	12
Energy(?)	1498	1905	873	1819	3102	3896	4905	1732	2131	1211	718	670	561	291	352	278	254	395	519	778	779	746
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:55AM 1.75		1:25PM 2.38	3:33AM 2.22		2:15PM 2.21		4:32AM 1.86	3:36PM 1.65		4:44AM 2.40	4:36PM 1.89		5:12AM 1.76	6:05PM 1.12		6:09AM 2.64		7:42PM 1.83	6:58AM 2.76		9:29PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		8:12AM 1.07		8:33PM 0.45	8:53AM 1.49		9:09PM 0.60	10:18AM 0.88		9:54PM 0.35	11:11AM 1.18		10:37PM 0.40	12:21PM 0.37		11:23PM 1.15		1:46PM 0.14	12:23AM 1.32		2:24PM 0.38	1:50AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	38	1	-	14	10	2	14	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	10	9	11	10	8	11	9	7	12	11	9	12	13	10
Low °C	9	9	10	11	9	9	9	8	9	7	9	9	6	7	7	6	9	9	8	12	10	9
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	8	6	8	7	9	8	8	10	8	6	11	8	6	12	11	8	12	13	9
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.1 S	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	0.4 SSW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	12	10	11	10	10	13	12	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	8	8	13	12	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.5 WNW	0.8 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	11	10	15	18	13	12	12	11	9	8	15	8	14	14	13	14	8	13	13	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	0.8 E	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	11	11	11	4	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 24								Thursday 25								Friday 26
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Humboldt County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	5	5	6	5	4	4	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	2.3 S	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	5.0 S	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	10
Energy(?)	1711	1773	1498	2013	2499	1575	1137	1226	1019	1869	528	584	5187	5520	6044	3896	4516	5847	3374	2395	2066	7205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:57AM 2.17				1:40PM 1.98				3:32AM 2.24				2:15PM 2.23					4:08AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		8:18PM -0.18				7:54AM 1.54				8:35PM 0.04				8:52AM 0.93				9:34PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	3	8	14	14	3	-	-	-	2	-	5	2	6	2	1	1	9	1	-	1	1
Temp. °C	10	11	13	12	9	9	11	13	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	8	10	11	11	6	7	10	12	8	7	9	8	7	6	6	8	8	6	5	6	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	10	9	10	10	11	13	11	12	12	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 NW	1.1 SSW	1.2 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.3 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	16	7	7	16	19	10	10	10	10	11	9	10	18	18	13	13	14	12	12	12	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.3 S	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	5.0 S	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SW	-	3.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	9	3	3	10	11	11	11	-	11	3	4	4	10

	Tuesday 23							Wednesday 24
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Humboldt County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	5	5	6	5	4	4	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 S	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 S	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1811	1932	1711	1711	1711	1586	1612	2095	2095	2989	2013	2013	4764	7291	3911	2499	3298	1905	1504	1277	1137	1462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											2:57AM 2.17											1:40PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)				7:59PM 0.34												7:55AM 1.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	2	2	4	4	2	4	7	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	13	15	15	13	12	11	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	7	9	10	9	11	13	12	11	11	8	5	6	6	7	8	7	8	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 NW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.1 S	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 NW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	19	10	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	1.8 S	3.0 S	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	12	12	10	10	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

Humboldt County Surf Breaks

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Harbor Entrance at Eureka

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Little River Clam Beach

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Little River State Beach

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North Jetty at Eureka

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Patricks Point State Park

reef and point

Redwood Creek

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Samoa Peninsula

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South Jetty Table Bluff

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breakwater

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beach and reef

Humboldt county is one of the few places that never lacks surf, the sad thing is that the surf is often unsurfable. The whole county is open to huge swells but only clean smaller swells tend to create rideable waves. If your heading out on a trip in search to get a wave then Humboldt shouldn't be high on your list, although for the more 'up for a challenge' surfer, the whole coast is constantly pounded with huge surf with ever changing conditions.

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