Hess 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.16° N 80.58° W

Issued: 1 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hess sea temperature is

29.2° 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 (21 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hess at 10PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s
Afternoon (21 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	5s
Evening (21 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	4s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Tue afternoon, min 26°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SE on Tue night, light winds from the SSE by Thu morning).
	Tue 21					Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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
Rating (10 max)	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)	SE 5	SE 5	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	ESE 8	SE 5	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	29	25	29	28	20	19	17	19	11	33	12	12	13	13	13	37	13	37	33	33	45
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	S	SSE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	E	E	E	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	glassy	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			3:02PM0.75m				2:36AM0.61m				4:00PM0.74m				3:23AM0.56m				4:57PM0.74m
Low Tide	8:16AM0.16m				9:11PM0.33m				9:02AM0.17m				10:10PM0.34m				9:48AM0.17m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	8:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:16	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	29	30	29	28	28	27	26	26	28	29	29	28	27	27	27	26	28	28	28	27	27
Feels °C	31	30	28	28	30	29	28	29	31	30	30	29	28	29	31	31	32	31	30	29	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	E 8	ESE 8	—	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 4
kJ	16	1	19	—	11	11	11	11	11	30	12	12	13	13	7	37	13	37	33	33	2
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	—	E 8	—	—	ESE 8	E 11	ESE 8	ESE 5	ESE 4	E 10	—	—	—	ESE 8	E 9	ESE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	E 9
kJ	1	—	1	—	—	19	2	19	7	7	2	—	—	—	13	2	3	2	2	2	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	E 11	—	E 10	E 10	E 10	—	—	—	—	E 10	SSE 4	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	2	4	2	2	2	2	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	SE 5	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	ESE 5	ESE 8	SE 4	ESE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 4	—	—	E 8	—	—	E 8
kJ	29	25	29	28	20	17	17	10	8	33	10	12	9	9	6	—	—	33	—	—	45
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1583	824	1583	1253	156	129	129	2	94	996	1052	1018	222	129	162	10	217	217	719	801	183
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Rating (10 max)					1	2	1	1	1					1	1	1					1
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Rating (10 max)	3	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9

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