Flagpoles Surf Forecast

/ Florida – South (39 breaks) / Florida (155 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (26.70° N 80.03° W)

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Flagpoles surfForecast / Florida – South / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 18 Aug 2025 EDT

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Flagpoles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Flagpoles sea temperature is 30.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Flagpoles today?

The current surf forecast for Flagpoles at 2PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Evening (18 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	15s

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

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	Monday 18							Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu 21
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	55	96	101	215	216	363	547	666	675	949	805	945	1100	1012	802	973	1113	939	875	905	916	855	886	999
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNE	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:59AM 0.79					5:02PM 0.94				5:06AM 0.80				6:04PM 0.96				6:08AM 0.83				6:58PM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)			10:16AM -0.02					11:11PM 0.16				11:19AM -0.02				12:13AM 0.14				12:20PM -0.03				1:08AM 0.11

	Monday 18							Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu 21
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1
Temp. °C	28	28	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	29	29	29	27	27	30	32	31	31	29	29
Feels °C (?)	33	33	34	31	31	31	31	32	33	32	32	31	29	30	31	32	30	30	31	33	31	33	31	33

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Florida - South

Wind Update Cross-shore wind has turned cross-on at Flagpoles (light winds from the ENE at West Palm Beach Airport 7 km from Flagpoles). 0.2m 8s swell from the NE with a 0.1m 13s groundswell from the ENE and a 0.1m 13s groundswell from the ESE as well as a 0.1m 2s local chop from the ENE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 58 minutes ago Flagpoles

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1 h 58 min ago

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