Sunset Beach surf break

Sunset Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 20 Feb 2026 EST
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Sunset Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sunset Beach sea temperature is
17.0° C
(Which is 3.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sunset Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Beach at 4AM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Afternoon (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (20 Feb)2ft (0.6m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
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 (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)444454455556655555544567
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89567121615201722171510131312121711200273309
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
35
WNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
oncross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:06AM
0.48
2:16PM
0.51
3:01AM
0.40
2:42PM
0.56
4:10AM
0.32
3:13PM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
0.03
8:49AM
0.04
9:26PM
-0.03
9:08AM
0.12
10:26PM
-0.07
9:21AM
0.19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----7:03-------7:03-------7:01---
Sunset------6:24-------6:25-------6:25-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C222222212222222222222121222222222222222220151515
Feels °C (?)222322202120212222232221222121222121222216555
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