Buccaneer surfForecast / Florida – North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 EST
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Buccaneer surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Buccaneer sea temperature is
20.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Buccaneer today?

The current surf forecast for Buccaneer at 9PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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 (?)
0.4
NNE
0.5
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
1
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
1
N
0.8
N
0.7
NNE
Period(s) (?)666666699999999945444455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14171381388666613131314143740282827403229
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ESE
0
ENE
5
W
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
S
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
25
WNW
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glassonononglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:06PM
0.56
7:11AM
0.84
6:52PM
0.58
7:49AM
0.87
7:37PM
0.61
8:25AM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
0.11
1:22PM
0.28
12:46AM
0.11
2:01PM
0.26
1:28AM
0.11
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------7:15-------7:13-------7:13-
Sunset5:49-------5:49-------5:50-------
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1313151717161517181819191817172112117655711
Feels °C (?)111114171615131617171920181614167610-1-216
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