Sunset Beach surf break

Sunset Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 EDT
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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
23.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Sunset Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Beach at 10PM is: 0.3m 3s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)--
Evening (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)3s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
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 (?)
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.8
NNW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
Period(s) (?)-3333----333333334444566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)011000000001000008005499
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NE
10
NE
10
E
5
S
15
W
20
WNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
30
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:46AM
0.45
1:08PM
0.73
3:53AM
0.40
1:41PM
0.78
5:30AM
0.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35PM
-0.13
7:39AM
0.32
9:25PM
-0.18
7:50AM
0.36
10:20PM
-0.19
7:37AM
0.37
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:01-------7:01--
Sunset7:57-------7:57-------7:58-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252424232222232525242423232224242423232220202427
Feels °C (?)232223232223252423222323232124222121221817172125
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