Sunset Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.74° N 82.76° W

Sunset Beach, United States Weather Observations

Issued: 1 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Sunset Beach sea temperature is
30.0° C
0.5° 

Sunset Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Sunset Beach based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Sunset Beach right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Sunset Beach

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

St Peters/Albert Whitted Airport

13 km ENE218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearClear
5
light winds from the NE
(7 km/h at 40°)
28.3 °C16
16


BUOY-SAPF1

13 km E3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
15
light winds from the NE
(13 km/h at 50°)
28.6 °C-
-


BUOY-MTBF1

19 km ESE3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
15
light winds from the E
(15 km/h at 80°)
28.2 °C10.9
10.9


lightning 8km WNW of Anna Maria

20 km S0 m above sea level

2 hours ago
thunderstorm Thunderstorm

(- km/h at -°)
°C


ST Petersburg Airport

21 km NNE218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearClear
5
light winds from the E
(7 km/h at 80°)
27.8 °C16
16


BUOY-PMAF1

23 km ESE3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
28.3 °C-
-


BUOY-OPTF1

24 km ENE3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
10
light winds from the ENE
(8 km/h at 70°)
27.6 °C-
-


Egmont Channel Entrance- FL

24 km SSW3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
29.1 °C-
-


MacDill Air Force Base/Tampa Airport

27 km ENE212 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clear-
5
light winds from the NE
(7 km/h at 50°)
28.6 °C16
16
few

Clearwater Airport (Florida)

27 km N22 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clear-
5
light winds from the E
(6 km/h at 90°)
A3009 °C0.0
0.0


* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Sunset Beach and within an acceptable time window.

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