Humboldt Bay Entrance is a bay entrance between the North Spit and the South Spit jetties on the northern California coast at Eureka, leading from the Pacific Ocean into Humboldt Bay. The tide is mixed semidiurnal, with a mean range of 4.89 ft (1.49 m) at the North Spit station.
- Type
- Bay entrance
- Location
- California, United States
- Setting
- Between the North Spit and the South Spit jetties on the northern California coast at Eureka, leading from the Pacific Ocean into Humboldt Bay
- Tidal range
- The tide is mixed semidiurnal, with a mean range of 4.89 ft (1.49 m) at the North Spit station.
- Notable
- Humboldt Bay is the only deep-draft commercial port between San Francisco Bay and Coos Bay; the federal entrance channel is maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE / Humboldt Bay Harbor District).
