Humboldt County Surf

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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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	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Humboldt County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	2	0	4	2	3	5	5	5	4	4	0	9	6	0	4	4	4	9	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	15	15	15	8	20	17	16	15	14	13	17	15	14	13	11	11	20	18	16
Energy(?)	576	708	415	377	831	584	387	1254	2822	3747	3419	1937	1308	10558	8133	5124	4188	1842	1146	4415	6094	4239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	8:41AM 2.18	7:43PM 2.27		9:24AM 2.28		9:13PM 1.84	10:26AM 1.94		10:15PM 1.83	10:14AM 1.74		10:44PM 2.27	10:41AM 1.80		11:56PM 1.80	11:06AM 1.84		11:58PM 1.55	11:23AM 1.75		12:56AM 1.70	12:12PM 2.59
Low Tide / height (m)		2:06PM 1.44	2:37AM 0.59		3:21PM 0.81	3:43AM 0.14		4:17PM 0.60	4:25AM 0.23		5:04PM 0.41	4:41AM 0.87		5:20PM 0.68			6:20PM 0.11		5:33AM 0.59	6:16PM 0.01		6:16AM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	12	13	17	14	13	16	16	13	14	14	13	13	15	12	16	12	14	18
Low °C	10	14	10	10	12	11	12	13	12	12	15	12	13	14	11	10	14	10	10	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	12	10	12	17	13	12	16	16	13	14	12	12	13	14	10	16	10	13	18
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	8	8	14	7	15	8	8	13	17	16	15	14	13	17	15	14	13	11	11	11	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	8	12	13	15	14	20	8	8	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	12	14	20	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	-	1.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 15						Thursday 16								Friday 17
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Humboldt County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	3	3	4	3	3	2	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.1 NNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	18	14	14	14	16	16	16	13	15	15	15	15	8	14	8	8	13	20	19	18
Energy(?)	576	576	626	528	635	536	566	624	619	444	631	650	598	839	1243	601	868	387	678	814	1526	2094
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:41AM 2.18			8:00PM 1.86					9:12AM 1.57				8:53PM 2.26				9:45AM 1.66				9:52PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)				2:06PM 1.44				2:53AM 0.07				3:11PM 1.25				3:08AM 0.15				3:42PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	14	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	14	12	14	13	11	10	12	11	17	15	16	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	13	14	13	13	11	11	10	10	14	10	12	12	11	10	11	11	17	13	16	12	11
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NNW	1.2 NW	2.1 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	16	7	7	15	13	15	7	8	8	8	8	13	13	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	7	16	13	13	15	13	15	15	14	14	14	16	20	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	-	1.3 N	-	-	-	1.9 NNW	1.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	8	-	-	-	7	7	-	-

	Wednesday 15																		Thursday 16
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Humboldt County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	3	3	4	3	3	2	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16
Energy(?)	644	604	576	600	868	776	693	874	775	507	640	528	426	475	635	458	600	432	593	416	437	466
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				8:41AM 2.18	9:04AM 1.71										8:00PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)																						2:37AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	10	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	12	13	12	11	12	12	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	14	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Humboldt County Surf Breaks

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sandbar

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Harbor Entrance at Eureka

beach/harbormouth

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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