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 06:47 AM and sunset is at 06:09 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the NNW by Thu morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Sat morning, min 7°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 10°C on Thu morning, min 2°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 3 | Wednesday 4 | Thursday 5 | Friday 6 | Saturday 7 | Sunday 8 | Monday 9 | Tuesday 10 | Wednesday 11 | Thursday 12 | Friday 13 | Saturday 14 | Sunday 15 | Monday 16 | Tuesday 17 | Wed 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 12:13PM2.19m | 1:06AM2.06m | 12:58PM2.08m | 1:35AM2.11m | 1:43PM1.95m | 2:04AM2.12m | 2:28PM1.80m | 2:32AM2.12m | 3:16PM1.65m | 3:02AM2.08m | 4:09PM1.51m | 3:35AM2.03m | 5:12PM1.39m | 4:16AM1.97m | 6:33PM1.31m | 5:09AM1.91m | 8:14PM1.32m | 9:32PM1.38m | 7:27AM1.87m | 10:12PM1.46m | 8:32AM1.91m | 10:41PM1.56m | 9:29AM1.97m | 11:08PM1.67m | 10:20AM2.03m | 11:35PM1.80m | 11:08AM2.06m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:42PM-0.04m | 7:00AM0.38m | 7:15PM0.11m | 7:43AM0.30m | 7:48PM0.30m | 8:26AM0.26m | 8:18PM0.51m | 9:09AM0.26m | 8:49PM0.71m | 9:56AM0.28m | 9:19PM0.89m | 10:48AM0.33m | 9:51PM1.05m | 11:49AM0.36m | 10:32PM1.16m | 12:58PM0.36m | 11:50PM1.24m | 2:07PM0.31m | 1:29AM1.23m | 3:06PM0.23m | 2:44AM1.14m | 3:52PM0.13m | 3:41AM0.99m | 4:31PM0.06m | 4:29AM0.81m | 5:07PM0.02m | 5:13AM0.61m | ||||||||||||||||||||
W 10 | W 13 | W 14 | W 14 | WNW 8 | WNW 10 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | NW 8 | WNW 10 | NW 7 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 10 | WNW 14 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | NW 8 | NW 9 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | NW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | NW 10 | NW 10 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | W 9 | W 8 | WNW 9 | |
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some clouds | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | heavy rain | light rain | heavy rain | mod rain | rain shwrs | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | |
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— | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | |
max°C | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 13 |
Moonrise | — | 6:47 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 8:58 | — | — | — | 10:03 | — | — | 11:07 | — | — | — | 1:11 | — | — | 2:13 | — | — | 3:11 | — | — | 4:02 | — | — | 4:46 | — | — | 5:23 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 6:21 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 7:08 | — |
Moonset | 6:52 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 9:46 | — | — | 10:19 | — | — | 10:58 | — | — | 11:45 | — | — | 12:40 | — | — | 1:42 | — | — | 2:48 | — | — | — | 3:56 | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 7:27 |
 | 6:47 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — |
 | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:21 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:23 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:25 |
Today's sea temperature in Arcata is 12.2° C (Statistics for 03 Mar 1981-2005 – mean: 11.2 max: 12.6 min: 9.4°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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