Trinidad · Humboldt County · California
Patrick's Point Surf Report & Forecast, Sue-meg, California
Patrick's Point, Sue-meg, California: 8–9 ft, overhead to well overhead, at 5 am PST on Tuesday, Nov 10, rated Good. The main swell is 8.9 ft at 13 seconds from the west, with an 8 mph offshore wind from the south-southeast. Water is about 58°F, so a 4/3 full wetsuit is the suggestion; the next low tide is 3.4 ft at 5:13 am.
8–9 ft
overhead to well overhead · occasional 10 ft
- Swell
- 8.9 ft · 13 s · W
- Wind
- 8 mph (SSE)offshore
- Tide
- 3.4 ft risinglow 3.4 ft at 5:13 am
- Water
- 58°F4/3
- Air
- 56°Ffeels like 51°F
- Sun
- rise 6:58 amset 5:02 pm
Patrick's Point surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Patrick's Point: 10 am, Great, on a rising high tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Patrick's Point: 12 pm, Great, on a falling high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 8–10 ft | Good | 9 mph offshore (SE) | 3.6 ft |
| 7 am | 8–10 ft | Good | 10 mph offshore (SE) | 4.2 ft |
| 8 am | 8–10 ft | Good | 7 mph offshore (SE) | 5.1 ft |
| 9 am | 8–9 ft | Good | 6 mph offshore (SSE) | 6.2 ft |
| 10 am | 8–10 ft | Great | 7 mph offshore (SSE), gusts 12 | 7.0 ft |
| 11 am | 8–10 ft | Good | 8 mph offshore (S), gusts 14 | 7.3 ft |
| 12 pm | 8–10 ft | Great | 10 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 16 | 7.1 ft |
| 1 pm | 8–10 ft | Good | 11 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 18 | 6.1 ft |
| 2 pm | 9–11 ft | Good | 11 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 18 | 4.7 ft |
| 3 pm | 9–10 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 14 | 3.0 ft |
| 4 pm | 9–10 ft | Good | 8 mph offshore (S), gusts 13 | 1.4 ft |
| 5 pm | 8–10 ft | Good | 9 mph offshore (S), gusts 14 | 0.2 ft |
| 6 pm | 8–10 ft | Good | 8 mph offshore (SSE), gusts 13 | -0.4 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 am | 9–10 ft | Good | 10 mph offshore (SE), gusts 15 | 4.1 ft |
| 8 am | 8–10 ft | Good | 10 mph offshore (SSE), gusts 15 | 4.9 ft |
| 9 am | 9–10 ft | Good | 8 mph offshore (SSE) | 5.8 ft |
| 10 am | 8–10 ft | Good | 7 mph offshore (S) | 6.7 ft |
| 11 am | 8–10 ft | Great | 8 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 13 | 7.3 ft |
| 12 pm | 9–10 ft | Great | 9 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 15 | 7.4 ft |
| 1 pm | 9–10 ft | Good | 11 mph offshore (S), gusts 17 | 6.8 ft |
| 2 pm | 9–11 ft | Good | 10 mph offshore (SSW), gusts 16 | 5.7 ft |
| 3 pm | 9–11 ft | Good | 9 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 15 | 4.2 ft |
| 4 pm | 9–11 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 13 | 2.5 ft |
| 5 pm | 9–10 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (SSW) | 1.1 ft |
| 6 pm | 8–10 ft | Good | 6 mph offshore (SSE) | 0.2 ft |
Patrick's Point waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 5 am, sets at Patrick's Point arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 9.0 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 38 s
- Lulls
- about 186 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 73% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- strong, about 2.8 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Patrick's Point surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Patrick's Point: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 15–20 ft, and the best-rated day is Monday, Nov 16 (Epic). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 15–20 ft and Great; Sunday, Nov 15, 9–11 ft and Great.
Fri, Nov 20 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Patrick's Point are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 10 | 8–11 ft | Great | 8.9 ft · 13 s · W | 7 mph offshore (SE) | 11 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 18 | 10 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 8–11 ft | Great | 9.0 ft · 13 s · W | 10 mph offshore (SSE), gusts 15 | 10 mph offshore (SSW), gusts 16 | 12 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 10–13 ft | Great | 11.6 ft · 15 s · W | 5 mph offshore (SE) | 14 mph cross-shore (SSW), gusts 20 | 2 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 6–12 ft | Good | 9.3 ft · 14 s · W | 26 mph offshore (S), gusts 37 | 17 mph offshore (SSW), gusts 23 | 3 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 15–20 ft | Great | 24.6 ft · 18 s · W | 10 mph offshore (SSE) | 18 mph offshore (S), gusts 24 | 4 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 9–11 ft | Great | 11.3 ft · 15 s · W | 18 mph offshore (SSE), gusts 23 | 15 mph offshore (SSE), gusts 20 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 14–18 ft | Epic | 11.9 ft · 18 s · NW | 5 mph offshore (SE) | 10 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 15 | 10 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 10–13 ft | Great | — | 8 mph offshore (SE) | 6 mph offshore (SSW) | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 7–10 ft | Good | — | 5 mph cross-shore (NE) | 18 mph onshore (NNW), gusts 27 | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 6–11 ft | Poor to Fair | — | 14 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 15 mph onshore (N) | 10 am |
| Fri, Nov 20 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Patrick's Point are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Patrick's Point tide chart and tide times
Tides at Patrick's Point today, Tuesday, Nov 10: high 5.7 ft at 12:24 am, low 3.4 ft at 5:13 am, high 7.3 ft at 11:04 am and low -0.4 ft at 6:17 pm. At 5 am the tide is 3.4 ft and rising.
Patrick's Point tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 10 | High 5.7 ft at 12:24 amLow 3.4 ft at 5:13 amHigh 7.3 ft at 11:04 amLow -0.4 ft at 6:17 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | High 5.7 ft at 1:10 amLow 3.8 ft at 5:45 amHigh 7.4 ft at 11:36 amLow -0.1 ft at 6:54 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 5.8 ft at 1:54 amLow 4.2 ft at 6:19 amHigh 7.5 ft at 12:11 pmLow 0.6 ft at 7:33 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 6.1 ft at 2:43 amLow 4.9 ft at 6:57 amHigh 7.8 ft at 12:50 pmLow 1.2 ft at 8:21 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 6.1 ft at 3:27 amLow 4.9 ft at 7:54 amHigh 7.0 ft at 1:24 pmLow 1.1 ft at 9:03 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 5.9 ft at 4:25 amLow 4.8 ft at 8:53 amHigh 6.5 ft at 2:13 pmLow 1.2 ft at 9:55 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 5.7 ft at 5:17 amLow 4.5 ft at 10:14 amHigh 5.7 ft at 3:10 pmLow 1.3 ft at 10:42 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 5.8 ft at 6:06 amLow 4.0 ft at 11:36 am |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Patrick's Point water temperature
The water temperature at Patrick's Point is about 58°F on Tuesday, Nov 10. With the air feeling like 51°F and an 8 mph wind, a 4/3 full wetsuit is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 58 and 59°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Patrick's Point
- Agate Beach0.5 mi ENE · 10–12 ft · Great
- Big Lagoon3.1 mi NNE · 11–12 ft · Great
- Trinidad State Beach5.8 mi S · 9–10 ft · Good
- Dry Lagoon6.1 mi NNE · 10–11 ft · Great
- Camel Rock7.8 mi SSE · 8–9 ft · Great
- Stone Lagoon7.8 mi NNE · 10–11 ft · Great
Rated right now. The Current app animates the surf itself on a live map of the whole coast. See the app →
About Patrick's Point
Patrick's Point is a point break in Trinidad, Humboldt County, California, facing north-northwest. Also called Patricks Point State Park.
Follow Patrick's Point in the Current app
The first 10 days are free, and Premium adds days 11–16.
Forecasts are estimates. Never rely on them for safety. For rip current risk and beach hazards, check the National Weather Service. Forecasts from Current's novel physics simulation. No AI. No black boxes. Ocean and weather data: NOAA (U.S. government data). NOAA does not endorse this site.