DEL NORTE COUNTY — SURF & WEATHER REPORT

Saturday, November 14, 2026 — Crescent City / Pt. St. George area
All times Pacific Standard Time (PST), local time. Heights in feet. Wind direction is FROM.

1. WAVE SIZES

Offshore buoys, early afternoon: CDIP 139 / NDBC 46229 (Umpqua Offshore, OR) — 1:26 PM PST: Significant height 21.7 ft, dominant period 17 sec, mean direction W (279°). Swell component: 17.4 ft at 16.7 sec from W. Wind-wave component: 12.8 ft at 9.9 sec from WSW. NDBC 46027 (St. Georges, 8 NM NW of Crescent City) — 1:20 PM PST: 17.7 ft at 16 sec from WSW. CDIP 094 / NDBC 46213 (Cape Mendocino) — no current report available at publication time; last reports were stale / station inactive, so it is not used for today’s surf call. Do not rely on 094 today.

• Exposed west-facing beaches / outer bars (South Beach, Pebble Beach outer, Point St. George outer): Double-overhead to triple-overhead-plus, up to 30–40 ft faces. Closed out on most sets. Extremely hazardous.
• Semi-protected / south-facing pockets and inside sections: Still head-high to well overhead on sets, with long lulls and sudden cleanup sets. No clean, makeable surf expected in this wind.
• Sheltered inside / harbor-adjacent / river-mouth inside bars: Chest-high to head-high-plus wind chop and refracted swell, messy and gutless between sets. Not a safe alternative in a storm warning.
• Best call: No surfable window is expected today. Watch from high ground, stay well back from jetties, rocks, and beaches. Do not enter the water.

2. CURRENT WEATHER

Conditions: Rain / showers and very windy. Temperature: 59°F at NDBC 46027 (1:40 PM PST). Today’s high: 60°F. Current wind: SSE at 29 mph (25.3 kt), gusts to 38 mph (33.0 kt) at 46027; Crescent City shore reports S around 28 mph. Wind trend through the day: S wind strengthens through the afternoon and evening with the next strong front, reaching storm-force gusts, then eases after midnight. Rain becomes likely tonight. Seas remain very large and steep.

3. TIDES — Crescent City (NOAA 9419750)

• High: 3:29 AM PST — 5.25 ft
• Low: 8:01 AM PST — 3.97 ft
• High: 1:35 PM PST — 6.21 ft
• Low: 9:06 PM PST — 0.32 ft

Note: The very low 9:06 PM low tide does not make conditions safer — the evening low coincides with strong S wind, rain, darkness, and 18–22 ft seas.

4. LATER TODAY & TOMORROW

Later today (Saturday afternoon): Primary swell: W, 20 ft at 16 sec. Secondary: S, 10 ft at 9 sec. Combined seas 18–22 ft. Surf stays massive, confused, and blown out by strong S wind.

Tonight: Primary: W, 16 ft at 15 sec. Secondary: S, 13 ft at 10 sec. Seas 18–22 ft, subsiding to 14–17 ft after midnight. Rain. Wind eases after midnight.

Tomorrow (Sunday): Primary: W, 23 ft at 17 sec building in the afternoon. Secondary: SW, 4 ft at 5 sec. Seas 14–19 ft, building to 18–23 ft in the afternoon. Wind: SW 10–15 kt rising to 15–20 kt, gusts to 25 kt. Surf trend: No improvement. Long-period W swell rebuilds Sunday and Sunday night, keeping surf huge, steep, and hazardous through Monday afternoon. Sunday night: W 23 ft at 17 sec, seas 20–23 ft subsiding to 17–22 ft after midnight.

5. 12-HOUR WIND

HRRR / NWS basis: Latest NWS Eureka marine forecast, issued 1:25 PM PST Sat Nov 14, 2026 (PZZ356), consistent with the latest HRRR frontal timing. Hourly values below are the NWS/HRRR frontal progression for the Crescent City coast. Direction is FROM. Del Norte coast faces roughly W/NW, so S/SSE is largely onshore / cross-onshore and destructive to surf shape.

Gusts to 45 kt this afternoon, to 55 kt tonight, easing to 35 kt after midnight. If the front arrives slightly earlier or later, peak gusts shift by 1–2 hours but the S onshore blowout pattern does not change.

6. DAYLIGHT — Crescent City

• First light: 6:35 AM PST
• Sunrise: 7:04 AM PST
• Sunset: 4:56 PM PST
• Total darkness: 6:16 PM PST

Daylight is short and the usable light window ends early. With sunset at 4:56 PM and storm conditions, do not plan any late-day water activity.

Sources / notes: CDIP 139 via NDBC 46229; NDBC 46027 St. Georges; NWS Eureka marine forecast PZZ356 and High Surf / Storm / Hazardous Seas warnings; NOAA tides for Crescent City 9419750; sunrise/sunset for Crescent City. CDIP 094 / NDBC 46213 had no current observation at publication and was excluded rather than estimated.