Sunset Beach surf break

Sunset Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 23 Mar 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
19.8° 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 7AM is: 0.1m 4s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)4s
Afternoon (23 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Evening (23 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)4s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
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 (?)
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.1
NW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.1
W
0.4
NE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)-44444444444444345553444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)011111111144445552210000
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
WSW
25
WNW
15
NW
25
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNW
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:00AM
0.30
3:28PM
0.71
4:14PM
0.70
5:14PM
0.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:21PM
-0.14
8:52AM
0.31
12:35AM
-0.13
2:06AM
-0.12
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---7:31-------7:30-------7:28----
Sunset------7:43-------7:44-------7:44-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C201919192020202019191919202121222020191920242524
Feels °C (?)191817192019181918181819202119211819181819242523
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