Fort Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.81° N 122.48° W

Fort Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Point sea temperature is
17.1°C
3.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Fort Point today (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Point at 1AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 20). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (21 Oct)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (21 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WNW
12
1.6
WNW
12
1.7
WNW
12
1.6
WNW
12
1.5
WNW
11
1.3
WNW
11
1.1
WNW
11
0.9
WNW
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.8
WNW
9
0.7
WNW
9
0.5
SW
19
0.7
W
12
0.7
WNW
11
0.5
W
11
0.5
W
11
0.5
SW
18
0.9
WNW
11
1.2
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
650
715
820
658
512
380
297
176
137
173
90
70
183
130
121
58
58
161
170
179
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
10
NW
5
NW
5
SE
5
SE
10
S
5
SW
10
WSW
5
W
10
SW
10
W
5
N
10
NNW
0
SE
0
NNE
5
WNW
5
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
7:48PM1.44m
9:27AM1.52m
8:51PM1.47m
9:51AM1.61m
9:48PM1.49m
Low Tide
2:25PM0.83m
2:22AM0.22m
3:07PM0.66m
3:01AM0.25m
3:45PM0.47m
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Temp °C
16
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
15
16
15
15
14
14
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
13
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
13
16
14
16
15
14
15
13
12
11
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