
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fort Le Marchant today (29 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with NE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with ENE swell.
The current surf forecast for Fort Le Marchant at 11PM is: 0.2m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 29). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (29 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 5s |
| Evening (29 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Fort Le Marchant. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Tue night, light winds from the SSW by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 29 | Wednesday 30 | Thursday 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | NE 4 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | W 14 | W 13 | W 14 | W 13 | W 13 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:00PM8.50m | 9:19AM8.33m | 9:39PM8.15m | 9:58AM7.93m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:55PM0.07m | 3:13AM0.16m | 3:31PM0.30m | 3:50AM0.57m | 4:12PM0.73m | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | |
6:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 10 | WNW 10 | WSW 6 | WSW 12 | — | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | W 10 | — | — | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | W 13 | W 14 | W 13 | W 13 |
73 | 50 | 33 | 12 | 379 | — | 773 | 540 | 467 | 555 | 458 | — | — | 831 | 511 | 1556 | 1576 | 1408 | 1107 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | WNW 10 | NE 4 | — | — | — | — | S 4 | — | — | — | — | W 14 | — | — | — | — |
7 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 607 | — | — | — | — | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | ENE 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SSE 4 | S 4 | SSE 4 | WSW 11 | — | WSW 5 | S 3 | — | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | SSW 4 | S 4 | — | — | — | — |
44 | 51 | 34 | 23 | 38 | 1006 | — | 27 | 6 | — | 787 | 819 | 850 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 557 | 125 | 125 | 557 | 76 | 103 | 103 | 50 | 12 | 48 | 103 | 103 | 122 | 122 | 120 | 127 | 167 | 50 | 48 |
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