Sunset Beach surf break

Sunset Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 Mar 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
18.2° C
(Which is 2.1°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 12PM is: 0.2m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Afternoon (05 Mar)1ft (0.3m)4s
Evening (05 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.4
SE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)666446547664555566455566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111133223337784633344433
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
E
20
E
25
ESE
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
5
SE
10
WSW
10
NW
15
ENE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
20
ESE
5
SE
10
WSW
15
WNW
0
NW
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:36AM
0.47
1:37PM
0.51
2:20AM
0.42
1:54PM
0.55
3:09AM
0.36
2:14PM
0.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:08AM
0.07
8:44PM
-0.00
8:25AM
0.13
9:27PM
-0.04
8:39AM
0.19
10:13PM
-0.05
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:50-------6:50-------6:48------
Sunset----6:32-------6:34-------6:34---
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----3164----------------
Temp. °C202023262525242221202226262425222120222626242423
Feels °C (?)202022272626232122202227262425222120222726242623
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