Shell Island surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 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
18.2° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Shell Island today?

The current surf forecast for Shell Island at 8AM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.7
SE
0.1
SW
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.1
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)434444444544443344336665
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55781111171921000003301001553
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
S
20
SSE
20
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
15
E
10
SSE
15
S
0
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:07PM
0.40
2:17PM
0.42
3:33PM
0.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:21PM
-0.10
12:53AM
-0.12
2:14AM
-0.14
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:43-------6:41-------6:41----
Sunset------6:54-------6:55-------6:57-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201919192022212020212017202320191615151416201918
Feels °C (?)201818191920191819211813172118161212121214201819
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