Bradenton Beach surf break

Bradenton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 EST
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Bradenton Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bradenton Beach sea temperature is
19.3° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bradenton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Bradenton Beach at 9PM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)7s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)6s

Table - waves today at Bradenton Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)776666544455555554444444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111111134000040470011111
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WSW
10
SE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
S
15
SSW
5
WSW
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
0
SE
0
NNE
5
NW
5
WNW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:19PM
0.47
2:56AM
0.41
3:41PM
0.52
4:17AM
0.32
4:08PM
0.55
6:24AM
0.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:20PM
0.16
9:15AM
0.09
10:37PM
0.11
9:36AM
0.17
11:57PM
0.04
9:42AM
0.24
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-
Sunset5:52-------5:52-------5:53-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232323232222222423232322212121242424242323222220
Feels °C (?)232423232222222423242422202120232222242525242317
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