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 04:57 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 48mm), heaviest during Sat night. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 4°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the S by Sat night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 7°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 7°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue morning, min 9°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 9:58AM2.30m | 00:21AM1.62m | 10:37AM2.36m | 1:00AM1.68m | 11:17AM2.40m | 1:37AM1.73m | 11:58AM2.43m | 2:12AM1.77m | 12:40PM2.42m | 2:49AM1.81m | 1:24PM2.35m | 3:27AM1.87m | 2:12PM2.22m | 4:05AM1.95m | 3:07PM2.04m | 4:44AM2.04m | 4:11PM1.81m | 5:25AM2.15m | 5:27PM1.60m | 6:10AM2.25m | 6:56PM1.46m | 6:58AM2.35m | 8:32PM1.44m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:25PM-0.06m | 4:40AM1.22m | 6:03PM-0.18m | 5:25AM1.21m | 6:41PM-0.27m | 6:08AM1.19m | 7:19PM-0.33m | 7:57PM-0.33m | 7:39AM1.08m | 8:36PM-0.27m | 8:32AM1.01m | 9:15PM-0.15m | 9:31AM0.93m | 9:55PM0.03m | 10:37AM0.81m | 10:37PM0.26m | 11:50AM0.66m | 11:23PM0.51m | 1:04PM0.46m | 00:15AM0.76m | 2:15PM0.23m | 1:16AM0.96m | ||||||||||||||
WNW 17 | WNW 16 | WNW 15 | W 14 | W 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | W 12 | W 12 | W 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 14 | WNW 16 | WNW 15 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 13 | WNW 14 | WNW 19 | WNW 17 | WNW 16 | WNW 15 | WNW 14 | WNW 13 | W 13 | WNW 22 | WNW 20 | WNW 19 | WNW 18 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | W 16 | WNW 16 | WNW 15 | WNW 14 | |
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mod rain | light rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | mod rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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8 | 5 | 23 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 14 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 12 |
Moonrise | 5:56 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 8:46 | — | — | 9:27 | — | — | 10:00 | — | — | 10:27 | — | — | 10:52 | — | — | 11:15 | — | — | 11:38 | — | — | 12:02 | — | — | 12:31 | — | — |
Moonset | 2:46 | — | — | — | 3:36 | — | — | 4:36 | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | 6:57 | — | — | 8:11 | — | — | — | 9:25 | — | — | 10:37 | — | — | 11:50 | — | — | — | 1:03 | — | — | 2:18 | — | — |
 | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — |
 | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:06 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Arcata is 12.0 °C (Statistics for 28 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 11.3 max: 13.5 min: 9.9°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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