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Sunset Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 14 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
19.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Sunset Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Beach at 10PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)--
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Evening (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.6
WNW
1
NW
1.3
NW
2.1
NW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)444445567888877766665555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5475154103314064413782831871278351323018119542
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NNW
30
N
25
NNE
25
NE
20
NE
15
E
5
E
5
WSW
10
NW
10
N
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		glassglasscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:42PM
0.56
9:32PM
0.58
2:44PM
0.32
10:20PM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
-0.20
6:37AM
-0.23
3:49PM
0.35
7:13AM
-0.23
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-
Sunset5:55-------5:57-------5:58-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---15111----------------
Temp. °C1818181816151413101011965681011111111111215
Feels °C (?)151616171610831132-1-214766766712
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