Hess 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.16° N 80.58° W

Issued: 1 am 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 9AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 10). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

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 26mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 31°C on Sun afternoon, min 23°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	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	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	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	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
Wave Graph
kJ	25	25	24	24	36	23	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	20	12	12	12	12	12	23	12	13
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSW	SSE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSW	S	S	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SW	WNW	SW	SSW	SW	S	SE	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	off	off
High Tide		4:00AM0.65m					5:23PM0.91m				5:07AM0.64m				6:26PM0.96m				6:14AM0.65m				7:26PM1.00m
Low Tide				10:25AM0.03m					11:42PM0.24m				11:23AM-0.01m				00:42AM0.21m				12:20PM-0.03m


	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:21	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	2	—	1	6	—	—	—	—	—	1	11	1
Temp °C	27	27	26	28	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	29	30	30	30	23	27	26	26	28	31	31	27	29
Feels °C	30	30	30	33	33	31	32	31	31	31	32	34	34	33	32	21	26	29	27	29	33	32	26	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 11	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 9	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	25	25	24	24	2	23	14	13	13	13	3	13	12	12	12	20	12	12	12	12	12	2	12	13
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	E 11	SE 4	SE 4	NE 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ESE 8	SE 4	ENE 10	NE 9	E 10	E 9	SSE 3	SSE 4	SE 4	S 4	E 9	SSE 4	E 9	ESE 3
kJ	5	3	4	2	5	2	2	2	10	10	13	3	10	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 11	E 11	—	—	—	—	NE 10	NE 9	ENE 10	ENE 8	ENE 10	NE 8	NE 8	N 7	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 9	NE 9	E 9	NE 7	E 9
kJ	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	4	3	10	7	10	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	—	E 8	SE 3	SE 3	SE 3	SE 3	SE 4	—	—	SE 4	SE 2	SE 5	SE 2	SW 3	—	—	—	—	ESE 8	ESE 3	—
kJ	6	5	8	—	36	2	3	5	6	5	—	—	3	1	3	1	2	—	—	—	—	23	1	—
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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)	162	129	183	119	1190	1228	183	343	202	183	33	427	590	646	235	183	235	340	183	183	252	593	192	183
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Rating (10 max)	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	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	5	5	7	7	5	5	5	4	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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