Hess 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.16° N 80.58° W

Issued: 1 pm 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Hess sea temperature is

30.1° 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 (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 (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hess at 6PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (10 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (10 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 31°C on Sun afternoon, min 24°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 10					Saturday 11								Sunday 12								Mon 13
	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	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 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	24	36	23	23	13	13	13	13	13	20	12	12	12	23	24	20	23	20	12	12	13	14	14	14
Wind (km/h)	SSE	ESE	ESE	SSE	WSW	W	S	NW	E	ESE	SE	ESE	WSW	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	off	off	off
High Tide				5:23PM0.91m				5:07AM0.64m				6:26PM0.96m				6:14AM0.65m				7:26PM1.00m				7:20AM0.67m
Low Tide	10:25AM0.03m					11:42PM0.24m				11:23AM-0.01m				00:42AM0.21m				12:20PM-0.03m				1:39AM0.19m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—
	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—	—	—	8:21
mm	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	—	—	—
Temp °C	28	30	30	28	25	25	26	26	27	29	30	30	24	27	25	25	27	31	31	30	27	26	26	25
Feels °C	33	33	33	30	26	28	30	32	32	33	33	33	22	28	27	26	29	34	33	31	29	28	29	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	E 11	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	ENE 10	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	24	2	23	23	13	13	6	5	5	10	12	12	12	23	24	20	23	20	12	12	13	14	14	14
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	SE 4	E 11	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	—	—
kJ	2	4	2	2	2	10	13	13	13	20	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	—	—	—	NE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 8	ENE 10	NE 8	N 7	SE 5	SE 5	NE 7	NE 8	NE 10	NE 9	E 9	NE 7	N 7	N 7	E 9	E 9
kJ	5	5	—	—	—	4	10	10	7	10	2	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 8	SE 3	SE 3	SE 4	SE 4	SSW 2	—	—	—	SE 5	SE 5	SE 4	SSE 3	SSE 4	—	—	—	—	ESE 2	SE 2	SSE 3	SW 2	—
kJ	—	36	2	3	6	7	1	—	—	—	5	5	5	2	7	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	1	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	183	959	1228	183	28	28	183	183	465	1190	590	702	183	400	378	183	378	590	814	195	590	400	183	400
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Rating (10 max)	1			1	1	1	1	1					1			1				1			1
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Rating (10 max)	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	2	3	3	2	3	3	1	3	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	7	7	5	5	5	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5

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