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Hess surfForecast / Florida – North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 EST
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Hess surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hess sea temperature is
21.0° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hess today?

The current surf forecast for Hess at 6PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
1.1
NNW
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.2
E
0.5
ENE
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)888995888866665555999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20201166591248955391413887111176446131414
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
40
WNW
35
W
35
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
N
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
0
SE
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crossononcross-
on		glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
0.54
6:32AM
0.81
6:06PM
0.56
7:11AM
0.84
6:52PM
0.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
0.31
11:21PM
0.13
12:41PM
0.29
12:04AM
0.11
1:22PM
0.28
12:46AM
0.11
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise--------7:15-------7:13-------
Sunset--5:47-------5:49-------5:49-----
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C1516131197567101212131415151517181819191818
Feels °C (?)117520-1-21381010111414131215161617191818
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