Shell Island surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 CDT
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Shell Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Shell Island sea temperature is
28.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Shell Island today?

The current surf forecast for Shell Island at 8PM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Evening (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)6s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.1
SE
0.3
SW
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)66665555566633342----234
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111222222331100110000000
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
10
SW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
NNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrossglassglassononononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26AM
0.50
9:24AM
0.44
11:34PM
0.32
10:37AM
0.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:01PM
0.14
6:12PM
0.20
6:03PM
0.27
4:12AM
0.30
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:28-------6:30--
Sunset6:44-------6:43-------6:42-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C282727272624272928282727272627292927272726252729
Feels °C (?)272829282725292928292929302930303029303028262929
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Florida - Gulf

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 6 km away suggest it is still onshore at Shell Island (light winds from the SW at BUOY-PACF1). 0.2m 5s windswell from the SSE with a 0.2m 2s local chop from the SSW and a 0.1m 6s windswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
SW
Onshore
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