Surf Forecasts:
Anna Maria Key surf forecast from 28 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 30 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period, W swell with 45 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Anna Maria Key this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Anna Maria Key in the next 16 days are 0.9m 5s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Jul 30) at 8PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.3m 2s period and expected on Monday (Aug 03) at 11AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 8PM (Thu 30th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 5s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Anna Maria Key over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for Anna Maria Key.
To be straight with you, the next 16 days are looking pretty grim. There's a long stretch of flat, unsurfable conditions coming up, and what little swell we do see early on is completely blown out by onshore winds. We're looking at a solid block of nothing from August 6th all the way through to August 12th – over a week of flatness. The water is a warm 87°F here, running about a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that's about the only good news.
The first bit of hope, if you can call it that, kicks off on Tuesday, July 28th. We've got a tiny 1ft swell from the west, but it's a weak 5-second period and the wind is already on it. The combined energy is a paltry (8), and the forecast is calling for "poor surf conditions" straight away. It stays like this all week.
Wednesday the 29th sees a slight bump to 2ft from the WSW, but the wind is howling onshore at 15-19 mph, so it's a total write-off. Thursday the 30th offers the biggest swell of the entire period at 3ft from the WSW, with the combined energy reaching a modest (44). But again, it's a 5-second period and the wind is a fresh 15-22 mph straight onshore. It's just a messy, lumpy, blown-out mess.
By Friday, August 1st, we're back down to 3ft and it's still windy and cross-onshore. The pattern doesn't let up. The combined energy stays weak, never cracking triple digits, and the wind never lets us get a clean look at any of it. Even the couple of mornings like the 4th and 5th of August that have a clean cross-off wind are dealing with almost no swell – 1.0ft and 0.7ft respectively. The energy is barely a whisper (6 and 2).
Honestly, for a beach/pier setup like this, with the wind patterns we're seeing, it's more of a kite-surfing proposition than a paddle-surfing one for the first week. After that, from August 6th onwards, it's a total flat spell. No combined energy, no swell heights, nothing. The wind goes light and even glassy on the 9th, but there's zero swell to work with. This is a tough one – a blank run like this is more normal for the area in this kind of weather pattern, but it's still a bummer.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 29°C on Tue morning, min 28°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 25°C on Sat afternoon). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | Monday 3 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | W 4 | W 6 | W 6 | WSW 4 | W 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 4 | W 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | W 6 |
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 kJ | 8 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 35 | 44 | 29 | 37 | 40 | 28 | 39 | 30 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross-off |
High Tide | 11:13AM0.80m | 2:31AM0.46m | 11:53AM0.81m | 2:38AM0.47m | 12:33PM0.80m | 2:46AM0.49m | 1:16PM0.78m | 2:58AM0.53m | 2:02PM0.73m | 3:15AM0.57m | 2:55PM0.67m | 3:37AM0.63m | 3:53PM0.60m | 4:02AM0.68m | |||||||
Low Tide | 7:10PM-0.02m | 5:24AM0.41m | 7:37PM-0.01m | 6:13AM0.38m | 8:03PM0.02m | 7:02AM0.35m | 8:28PM0.05m | 7:52AM0.30m | 8:53PM0.10m | 8:45AM0.26m | 9:17PM0.17m | 9:42AM0.21m | 9:40PM0.24m | ||||||||
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 | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — |
 | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:17 | — |
mm | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 |
Feels °C | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | WNW 5 | — | — | — | — | WSW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 5 | WSW 6 | S 3 | W 6 |
| kJ | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 3 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | — | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | W 4 | W 6 | W 6 | WSW 4 | W 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | SSE 2 | WSW 6 | — |
| kJ | 8 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 35 | 44 | — | 37 | 40 | 28 | 39 | 30 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 11 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1245 | 650 | 650 | 634 | 730 | 730 | 410 | 668 | 790 | 511 | 511 | 1162 | 1145 | 650 | 929 | 227 | 223 | 227 | 272 | 284 | 228 |
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