Hess surfForecast / Florida – North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 EDT
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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
23.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Hess today?

The current surf forecast for Hess at 4AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)999999988888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10210276999773716968686686666346454563313130292928
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
5
S
10
NW
10
N
10
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15PM
0.94
8:23AM
0.77
9:06PM
0.98
9:11AM
0.74
9:58PM
1.00
10:01AM
0.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
0.13
2:20PM
0.01
3:16AM
0.13
3:06PM
-0.01
4:11AM
0.14
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:54-------6:54-------6:52--
Sunset7:47-------7:47-------7:49-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232222222120222323232322222123242423232222222426
Feels °C (?)222121222321232223242322242426252422222324242628
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