Public ramp · Humboldt County · California
Reading conditions now
The last reading here is 43 days old — past what we'll stand behind, so we're going back to the source.
Pulling NDBC buoy 46022 · NOAA tide station 9418767
Water you can reach from this ramp
Best first. 3 waters, scored separately.
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Arcata Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary is a public boat ramp in Humboldt County, California, on Humboldt Bay. From here SeaStatus scores 3 waters: Humboldt Bay Bar, Humboldt Bay and Coastal waters from Pt. St. George to Cape Mendocino CA out 10 nm (Area 3 of 5).
The main water here is Humboldt Bay. Nearshore water is scored mostly on wind and wave height, with wave steepness and the tidal current counting too. A current running against the wind is treated as worse than either one alone. Wind, and waves where it reports them, come from NDBC buoy 46022, and tide predictions come from NOAA station 9418851, Arcata Wharf, the closest one to here. Its conditions are read at a reference point on the water about 5.9 mi from this ramp.
Scores are decision support, not a substitute for your own judgment or the official NWS forecast. Read the limits.
Other ramps on this water
Sources · NOAA Tide Station 9418851 · NDBC Buoy 46022