Hess 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.16° N 80.58° W

Issued: 1 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Hess sea temperature is

30.0° 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 (08 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hess at 7PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (08 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (08 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 30°C on Wed afternoon, min 25°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 8					Thursday 9								Friday 10								Sat 11
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	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 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 5	SE 5
Wave Graph
kJ	25	42	65	26	28	28	28	28	60	47	103	26	26	24	25	24	24	24	23	23	13	13	14	13
Wind (km/h)	S	SE	SE	SSE	W	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	S	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide			3:15PM0.80m				2:59AM0.67m				4:18PM0.86m				4:00AM0.65m					5:23PM0.91m				5:07AM0.64m
Low Tide	8:37AM0.12m				9:32PM0.29m				9:30AM0.08m				10:39PM0.27m				10:25AM0.03m					11:42PM0.24m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—
	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	8:22
mm	—	—	—	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	29	30	30	29	28	27	27	26	28	30	29	28	27	26	26	25	27	29	29	28	28	27	27	27
Feels °C	33	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	32	33	29	28	28	28	30	29	31	32	31	31	31	30	31	32
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 12	E 12	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	SE 5	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 4	ESE 8
kJ	25	38	39	26	28	28	28	28	47	3	3	26	26	24	10	24	24	24	23	23	13	13	4	13
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 4	—	—	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	SE 5	E 9	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	NE 11	ESE 9	SE 4	SE 4	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 8	SE 4
kJ	4	—	—	4	3	3	3	8	60	3	3	3	3	5	25	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	13	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 12	—	—	—	—	—	E 11	E 11	E 11	NE 11	—	—	—	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 10
kJ	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	3	5	—	—	—	4	4	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 4	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSW 3	—	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 4	SE 4	SE 5	S 4	—	—	SE 4	SE 3	SE 3	SE 3	SE 3	SSE 5	SE 5
kJ	3	42	65	14	14	19	19	2	—	47	103	15	26	17	14	—	—	1	2	2	3	4	14	10
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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	1	1	1
Distance (km)	378	480	480	913	2	2	94	28	0	111	108	156	119	60	7	183	94	996	1237	235	183	33	183	427
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Rating (10 max)					1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	1	1	2	3	3	1	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	7	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	7	8	8	5	5	5	4	5

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