Shell Island Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Florida – Gulf)

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Shell Island Spot ID:

Type: beach/Jetty

Reliability: consistent

Best: Swell SE | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 28.3 °C

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Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 15:04 Local time

m, °C	Wednesday 19
ft, °F	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Wave (m)	SE	S	S	S
Period (s)	4	4	8	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on

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Shell Island in Alabama is an exposed beach/Jetty break that has consistent surf. The best conditions for surfing are during the hurricane season. The best wind direction is from the northeast. Windswells are much more typical than groudswells and the optimum wave angle is from the southeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Hazards include rips, sharks and jellyfish.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Channel entrance, Saint Andrew Bay, Florida, 4 miles from Shell Island.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
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Shell Island Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At BUOY-PACF1, 6 km from Shell Island.

light winds from the WSW

km/h

Air temperature
27.9 °C

Current weather near Shell Island

Buoy Data:

At Pensacola Buoy, 92 miles from Shell Island.

	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Data Age	5 hr	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	4	4	4	5

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Overall Shell Island Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in June

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Shell Island: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Amazons	2 mi
Second closest break	St. Andrews State Park	3 mi
Third closest break	Panama City Beach	6 mi
Fourth closest break	Panama City Pier	7 mi
Fifth closest break	Destin	48 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Shell Island:
Closest wave buoy	Pensacola Buoy	92 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Orange Beach Buoy	111 mi
Third closest wave buoy	West Tampa Buoy	131 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Biloxi Buoy	183 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Thunder Horse Buoy	214 mi
Tide stations nearest to Shell Island:
Closest tide station	Channel entrance, Saint Andrew Bay	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Panama City, Saint Andrew Bay	4 mi
Third closest tide station	Parker, Saint Andrew Bay	6 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Alligator Bayou, Saint Andrew Bay	6 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Laird Bayou, East Bay, Saint Andrew Bay	10 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Shell Island:
Closest ski area	Cloudmont (United States)	316 mi
Second closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	364 mi
Third closest ski area	Scaly Mountain (United States)	369 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sapphire Valley (United States)	382 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Cataloochee (United States)	405 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Shell Island:
Closest city location	Panama City (United States)	8 mi
Second closest city location	Dothan (United States)	80 mi
Third closest city location	Tallahassee (United States)	86 mi
Fourth closest city location	East Pensacola Heights (United States)	91 mi
Fifth closest city location	Pensacola (United States)	94 mi

The closest passenger airport to Shell Island is Tyndall Afb (Panama City) Airport (PAM) in USA, 13 km (8 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Shell Island is Eglin Afb (Valparaiso) Airport (VPS) in Usa (florida, 90 km (56 miles) away.
Third is Hurlburt Fld (Mary Esther) Airport (HRT) in USA, 101 km (63 miles) away.
Bob Sikes (Crestview) Airport (CEW) in USA is 109 km (68 miles) away.
Tallahassee Rgnl Airport (TLH), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Shell Island and is 134 km (83 miles) away.

Shell Island break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Shell Island, Florida - Gulf. Use the tab navigation above to view Shell Island sea temperature, Shell Island photographs, Shell Island detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Shell Island webcams, current wind from Florida - Gulf live weather stations and Shell Island tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Shell Island.

Shell Island Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Florida – Gulf)

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Overall Shell Island Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in June

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