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Sunset Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 09 Jan 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
19.3° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 1AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (10 Jan)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)5s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)445555555555644464666676
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6677477111112873312112886645118
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
E
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
S
10
SW
10
W
10
WSW
20
NW
30
N
30
N
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrossononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
0.45
6:08AM
0.28
5:50PM
0.48
8:18AM
0.25
6:25PM
0.51
11:07AM
0.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
0.09
11:47AM
0.16
2:06AM
0.02
12:10PM
0.23
3:16AM
-0.05
12:09PM
0.29
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-
Sunset5:52-------5:52-------5:53-------
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242424222221212324242424242323221917171413121215
Feels °C (?)2425252121212122222324242423232015129554611
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