Hess 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.16° N 80.58° W

Issued: 1 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hess sea temperature is

28.1°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Hess today (01 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hess at 7PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Afternoon (01 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	12s
Evening (01 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 27°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 1					Friday 2								Saturday 3
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	E 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	E 8	ESE 12	ESE 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 12	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 4
Wave Graph
kJ	28	14	27	45	88	26	27	34	28	30	27	28	28	21	25	24	22	22	22	21	16
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		12:25PM0.90m				00:23AM0.64m				1:26PM0.88m				1:25AM0.62m					2:32PM0.86m
Low Tide				6:48PM0.24m				6:27AM0.09m				7:57PM0.26m				7:35AM0.11m					9:06PM0.26m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:06	—	—
mm	1	2	1	—	—	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Temp °C	27	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	27	28
Feels °C	28	29	29	30	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	31	30	31	29	31
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 8	ESE 12	ESE 12	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 12	ENE 8	ENE 8	ESE 5	E 5	E 11	ENE 9
kJ	15	14	15	14	26	26	14	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	25	13	14	14	13	21	16
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	E 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	NE 8	NE 8	E 14	E 14	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	ENE 8	E 12	E 11	ENE 8	E 11	ENE 8	E 11
kJ	28	11	27	45	17	9	4	4	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	24	22	14	22	7	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 8	E 8	ENE 9	ENE 10	NE 8	—	E 13	E 11	E 12	—	NE 10	E 10	E 10	—	E 11	ENE 8	SSE 5	SSE 5
kJ	4	4	4	1	6	7	11	9	—	3	3	25	—	4	2	2	—	22	7	5	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	E 8	E 4	ESE 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	—	—	E 5	E 4
kJ	14	14	15	21	88	22	27	34	28	30	27	28	28	21	20	20	20	—	—	18	12
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	817	913	1052	1052	222	1065	252	754	920	920	1052	1060	1175	1052	547	217	913	1595	814	542	542
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Rating (10 max)							1
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	8	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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