Fort Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.81° N 122.48° W

Fort Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Point sea temperature is
16.9°C
2.9° 

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 (17 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 18s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Point at 7PM is: 0.9m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)--
Afternoon (17 Oct)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (17 Oct)3ft (0.9m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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)
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
17
1.8
WNW
12
2.1
WNW
12
1.8
WNW
12
1.8
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
13
1.7
WNW
12
1.6
WNW
12
1.5
WNW
12
1.4
WNW
12
1.3
WNW
11
1.1
WNW
11
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
460
455
455
449
444
400
872
1216
857
828
799
799
799
1025
807
694
589
497
394
308
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
4:18PM1.50m
7:53AM1.33m
5:27PM1.45m
8:33AM1.38m
6:40PM1.43m
Low Tide
11:02AM1.12m
11:40PM0.19m
12:28PM1.07m
00:43AM0.20m
1:34PM0.97m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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6:28
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6:27
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Temp °C
25
21
18
15
14
14
14
15
15
14
13
12
12
12
12
14
15
14
14
14
Feels °C
22
18
16
14
13
13
13
13
11
10
9
8
8
8
8
10
11
10
11
12
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