Hess 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.16° N 80.58° W

Issued: 7 am 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 (09 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hess at 12PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (09 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 22°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thursday 9							Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sun 12
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	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	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	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	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	28	44	42	47	71	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	13	13	13	13	13	24	12	12	12	12
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	S	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	S	SSE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SSW	W	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off	cross
High Tide	2:59AM0.67m				4:18PM0.86m				4:00AM0.65m					5:23PM0.91m				5:07AM0.64m				6:26PM0.96m
Low Tide			9:30AM0.08m				10:39PM0.27m				10:25AM0.03m					11:42PM0.24m				11:23AM-0.01m				00:42AM0.21m


	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33
	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	8:21
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—
Temp °C	27	26	28	30	29	28	27	27	26	26	28	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	29	30	29	24	22	22
Feels °C	30	30	32	33	29	29	28	30	30	30	32	31	32	31	32	31	30	30	33	32	30	21	21	24
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	E 9	E 9	E 12	E 12	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 4	ENE 10	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 4
kJ	13	43	42	3	3	26	26	25	7	24	24	24	23	23	13	13	13	13	3	10	12	12	12	5
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	E 9	SE 5	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	ESE 9	SE 4	SE 4	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ESE 8	ENE 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	ESE 8
kJ	28	44	1	3	3	3	3	2	25	5	2	2	2	2	2	10	10	10	13	10	2	2	2	12
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	—	E 12	—	—	—	—	—	E 11	E 11	E 11	NE 11	—	—	—	NE 10	NE 9	NE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	N 7	E 9
kJ	3	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	2	5	—	—	—	4	3	3	7	3	2	2	1	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	SE 5	—	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	—	—	—	SE 4	SE 2	SE 3	SE 3	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	—	ESE 8	ESE 3	SE 3	SE 3	SW 2
kJ	9	5	—	47	71	13	16	18	—	—	—	4	1	2	3	5	7	5	—	24	4	4	5	1
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Buccaneer Florida - North	Hess Florida - North	Buccaneer Florida - North	Flagler Florida - North	Virginia Beach Virginia	Bethune Beach Florida - North	Daytona Beach Florida - North	Buccaneer Florida - North	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Bethune Beach Florida - North	Jax Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Crossroads Florida - North	South Ponte Vedra Beach Florida - North	Peanuts Florida - North	Peanuts Florida - North	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Long Point Florida - North	Matunuck-The point Rhode Island	Potrero Grande (Ollie's Point) Guanacaste	Springmaid Pier Carolina South	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Willawahs Great Abaco
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)	2	0	2	156	1056	94	119	2	183	183	94	252	1228	235	219	183	183	183	33	1683	2000	633	183	378
Best forecast wave conditions in North Florida	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef	Matanzas Inlet		Beach Club	Beacon Point	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef	Peanuts	Jax Beach Pier		Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef	Peanuts	Long Point				Fluidgroove Reef
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1				1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	5	5	5	4	5	7	6	5	5	5	4

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