Hess 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.16° N 80.58° W

Issued: 7 pm 09 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 (10 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hess at 3AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (10 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (10 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 32°C on Sun afternoon, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 9			Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sun 12
	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	11 AM	2 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	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 5	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	64	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	14	13	13	13	13	13	24	12	12	12	12	12	20	20	19
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSW	S	S	SSE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	ESE	SE	SE	SW	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy
High Tide	4:18PM0.86m				4:00AM0.65m					5:23PM0.91m				5:07AM0.64m				6:26PM0.96m				6:14AM0.65m
Low Tide			10:39PM0.27m				10:25AM0.03m					11:42PM0.24m				11:23AM-0.01m				00:42AM0.21m				12:20PM-0.03m


	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—
	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	8:21
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	29	28	28	27	26	26	28	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	29	30	31	30	28	26	25	26	28	31
Feels °C	31	29	30	30	29	30	32	31	32	32	31	32	31	31	33	32	32	31	28	27	25	26	30	34
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 4	ESE 8	ENE 10	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	3	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	14	13	13	13	6	13	10	12	12	12	4	12	20	20	19
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 12	E 12	NE 11	E 11	SE 4	SE 4	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ESE 8	SE 4	ESE 8	NE 9	E 10	E 9	ESE 8	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 4	E 9
kJ	3	3	3	5	3	6	3	2	2	2	2	10	10	13	3	20	3	2	2	12	2	1	1	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 11	E 11	E 11	—	—	—	—	NE 10	NE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	NE 8	NE 8	N 7	E 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 9	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	5	2	2	—	—	—	—	4	3	10	10	10	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	SE 3	SE 4	SSE 4	SE 4	S 4	—	SE 4	SE 3	SE 3	SE 3	SE 3	SE 4	SSE 4	SE 5	ESE 8	SE 4	SE 3	SE 2	—	S 4	—	—	—
kJ	64	7	11	10	8	5	—	4	2	3	4	5	7	13	11	24	5	2	1	—	8	—	—	—
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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)	1791	183	119	2	2	183	183	996	1228	183	183	162	183	2	465	754	719	959	28	330	183	378	378	675
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Rating (10 max)		1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1					1		1
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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