Hess Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.16° N 80.58° W

Hess 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hess sea temperature is
30.8° C
1.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Hess today (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Hess at 7PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (20 Aug)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (20 Aug)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 26°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.2
E
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
14
14
14
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
Wind (km/h)
5
W
5
E
15
E
15
SSE
5
E
10
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SE
20
SE
25
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SSW
Wind State
off
glassy
on
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:14PM0.72m
2:35AM0.54m
4:15PM0.72m
3:32AM0.52m
5:12PM0.73m
Low Tide
8:15AM0.18m
9:37PM0.35m
9:08AM0.19m
10:34PM0.35m
10:01AM0.19m
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:55
7:54
7:53
 mm
1
1
4
1
1
1
Temp °C
29
32
30
30
28
27
26
26
27
30
31
31
28
26
26
26
28
30
30
29
28
Feels °C
33
36
32
32
33
31
28
29
30
34
35
33
29
28
29
29
31
33
32
30
29
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