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 06:16 AM and sunset is at 08:10 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Mon afternoon, min 5°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Fri night. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Sat afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 12°C on Tue morning, min 7°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri morning, min 7°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 6:44PM1.43m | 7:47PM1.47m | 6:06AM1.84m | 8:42PM1.56m | 7:29AM1.77m | 9:28PM1.70m | 8:50AM1.74m | 10:08PM1.87m | 10:04AM1.74m | 10:46PM2.05m | 11:12AM1.75m | 11:24PM2.21m | 12:15PM1.77m | 00:01AM2.34m | 1:14PM1.77m | 00:40AM2.41m | 2:10PM1.76m | 1:19AM2.41m | 3:05PM1.72m | 2:00AM2.36m | 4:00PM1.67m | 2:43AM2.24m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:34AM-0.13m | 11:00PM1.12m | 12:34PM-0.10m | 00:24AM1.10m | 1:36PM-0.06m | 1:53AM0.98m | 2:35PM-0.02m | 3:10AM0.75m | 3:30PM0.05m | 4:15AM0.45m | 4:20PM0.14m | 5:11AM0.14m | 5:06PM0.26m | 6:02AM-0.15m | 5:51PM0.40m | 6:50AM-0.37m | 6:35PM0.55m | 7:37AM-0.50m | 7:19PM0.69m | 8:24AM-0.54m | 8:03PM0.82m | 9:10AM-0.50m | 8:50PM0.92m | |||||||||||||
WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | NW 11 | NW 10 | NW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | WNW 12 | WNW 8 | WNW 7 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 10 | WNW 15 | WNW 14 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | |
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some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | heavy rain | mod rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1.0 | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
Moonrise | 1:33 | — | — | 2:20 | — | — | 2:58 | — | — | 3:30 | — | — | 3:57 | — | — | 4:22 | — | — | 4:45 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:51 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — |
Moonset | 10:14 | — | — | 11:26 | — | — | 12:41 | — | — | 1:57 | — | — | — | 3:13 | — | — | 4:28 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 7:02 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | — | 9:39 | — | — | 10:53 | — | — | 11:58 |
 | 6:16 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — |
 | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | 8:13 | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:16 | — | — | 8:17 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:22 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Arcata is 10.5 °C (Statistics for 29 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 11.6 max: 13.6 min: 10.1°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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