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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	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	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	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt
Rating	0	4	4	0	4	2	3	4	4	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	10	11	8	9	9	8	12	12	12	12	11	7	10	11	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1578	2328	3083	827	920	1241	475	544	1152	1353	1904	1600	1022	510	658	553	689	1307	1367	960	2775	1469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:46PM 2.44		1:00AM 2.60		1:31PM 2.25	1:29AM 2.54		2:20PM 2.12	2:00AM 2.51		2:57PM 1.32	2:11AM 2.18		4:23PM 1.82	3:13AM 2.32		5:37PM 1.15	3:41AM 1.66	4:05AM 2.25		7:21PM 1.17	4:47AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		6:47PM 0.78		7:23AM 0.67		7:17PM 0.97	8:07AM 0.67		7:48PM 1.17	8:37AM 0.28		7:54PM 1.27	9:47AM 0.77		8:53PM 1.49	10:34AM 0.33		9:12PM 1.05	12:03PM 0.82		10:24PM 1.11	12:50PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	7	13	16	11	21	22	12	13	12	10	11	14	8	9	9	6	11	12	10	9
Low °C	9	8	6	11	11	10	16	15	11	12	11	10	11	9	7	9	8	5	9	11	9	9
Chill °C (?)	6	7	4	10	14	9	21	22	10	11	10	8	8	12	4	6	5	3	9	10	10	6
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	0.3 SW	2.0 NW	1.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.3 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	0.1 SW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	11	14	11	10	14	8	9	15	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.1 SW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	16	11	11	16	10	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	12	11	13	14	19	18	20	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	-	2.5 NW	1.1 NNW	-	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NNW	-	-	1.1 NW	2.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	12	11	-	11	8	-	9	8	-	12	7	-	7	7	7	6	-	-	5	12	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Humboldt County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	1.1 W	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	7	7	8	8	9	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1297	1290	1371	1578	1981	2409	2779	1625	1249	1172	1067	1487	646	677	948	1289	1241	539	617	475	1129	544
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:31AM 2.59				12:45PM 2.41				1:00AM 2.60					1:31PM 2.25				1:13AM 1.83				2:03PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			6:42AM 0.72				6:46PM 0.77					7:03AM 0.66								7:49AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	6	9	10	10	8	7	7	6	7	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	9	16	21	22
Chill °C (?)	6	5	4	6	6	6	4	5	5	3	4	12	10	9	7	8	8	8	7	16	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.8 WNW	1.1 W	0.1 SW	1.1 W	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	16	16	16	11	11	12	12	10	11	14	10	9	8	9	10	9	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NW	1.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	19	14	14	16	14	18	13	13	14	14	11	10	13	14	10	10	14	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	-	-	-	2.1 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	12	11	-	-	11	11	8	6	7	7	8	8	-	-	-	9	9

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Humboldt County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1164	1158	1297	1399	1471	1493	1493	1371	1371	2757	2758	2652	1578	1978	1981	1400	1444	1491	2464	1476	1542	1542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:31AM 2.59												12:45PM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)									6:42AM 0.72												6:30PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	6	6	10	10	11	10	11	10	13	12	12	9	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	7	7	9	7	8	6	10	9	9	5	7	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	16	16	16	13	13	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	19	19	19	14	14	16	16	16	14	14	16	13	16	16	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11

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

reef

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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