Arcata Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 07:39 AM and sunset is at 04:53 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Thu morning, min 4°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu morning, light winds from the NE by Sat night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Tue morning, min 7°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 69mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed morning, min 7°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 10°C on Sun morning, min 7°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 31 | Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | Saturday 3 | Sunday 4 | Monday 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 3:16PM1.88m | 5:14AM1.92m | 4:20PM1.71m | 5:53AM2.03m | 5:39PM1.55m | 6:33AM2.16m | 7:08PM1.45m | 7:17AM2.30m | 8:39PM1.45m | 8:05AM2.44m | 10:01PM1.53m | 8:55AM2.56m | 11:11PM1.64m | 9:47AM2.64m | 00:07AM1.75m | 10:41AM2.68m | 00:55AM1.83m | 11:33AM2.68m | 1:40AM1.90m | 12:25PM2.61m | 2:23AM1.95m | 1:15PM2.47m | 3:05AM1.98m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:52AM1.09m | 10:14PM0.12m | 11:00AM0.97m | 10:55PM0.30m | 12:12PM0.79m | 11:40PM0.50m | 1:23PM0.55m | 00:32AM0.71m | 2:28PM0.27m | 1:31AM0.90m | 3:28PM-0.01m | 2:34AM1.03m | 4:22PM-0.24m | 3:38AM1.11m | 5:13PM-0.42m | 4:38AM1.10m | 6:02PM-0.52m | 5:35AM1.06m | 6:49PM-0.54m | 6:31AM1.00m | 7:34PM-0.49m | 7:25AM0.94m | 8:17PM-0.37m | |||||||||||||
SW 10 | SW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | NW 9 | NW 10 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 8 | WNW 14 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | W 13 | W 13 | W 12 | W 12 | W 11 | W 12 | W 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | NW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | |
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light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | mod rain | heavy rain | mod rain | mod rain | mod rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | |
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4 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | |
max°C | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
Moonrise | 11:12 | — | — | 11:34 | — | — | 11:55 | — | — | 12:19 | — | — | 12:47 | — | — | 1:21 | — | — | 2:05 | — | — | — | 3:00 | — | — | 4:09 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 8:00 | — |
Moonset | — | — | 10:45 | — | — | 11:53 | — | — | — | 1:03 | — | — | 2:17 | — | — | 3:35 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 9:03 | — | — | 9:37 | — | — |
 | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — |
 | — | 4:53 | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:02 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Arcata is 12.1° C (Statistics for 25 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 11.3 max: 13.5 min: 10.1°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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