Surf-Forecast | The Fort Surf Guide

The Fort Surf Guide

The Fort in Sonoma is a quite exposed reef break that has reliable surf. Summer offers the optimum conditions for surfing. Offshore winds are from the northeast with some shelter here from northwest winds. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the southwest. A left hand reef break. Best around high tide. Sometimes crowded. Beware of sharks, rips and rocks.

The Fort Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Reef	2	consistent	10.6°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing The Fort:

The best conditions reported for surf at The Fort occur when a Southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northeast.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

What's the best time of year to surf The Fort (for consistent clean waves)?

januaryBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing The Fort with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of January. Clean surfable waves are typically found 12% of the time in January while 23% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 65% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

12%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

23%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

65%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore The Fort Location Map

Interactive The Fort surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to The Fort is Travis Afb (Fairfield) Airport (SUU) in USA, 118 km (73 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to The Fort is San Francisco International Airport (SFO), also in USA, 125 km (78 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

The Fort Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Monday, 8 June 2026, 23:55 Local Time

m, °C	Mon		Tue
ft, °F	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	22	21	21	21
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off

Tides at The Fort

Current tide and informaton

For Fort Ross, California, 1 km from The Fort.

Next High Water: 06:02am | 1.1m

Next Low Water: 12:46am | 0.52m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

The Fort Sea Temperature

Mild or warm air temperatures (wind chill 15.0 °C) and rather cooler water temperatures (10.6 °C) at The Fort today. Surfers will need a quality spring wetsuit and perhaps a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.