The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fort sea temperature is
13.4° C
0.4° 

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


How big are the waves at The Fort today (08 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 1PM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (08 Jul)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (08 Jul)3ft (0.9m)16s

Table - waves today at The Fort. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NW by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
4
2
1
1
0
0
3
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
1.6
WNW
8
0.9
SW
17
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
2.4
WNW
8
2.2
WNW
8
0.9
SW
16
2
WNW
9
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1.7
WNW
8
3
NW
9
2.5
NW
9
2.4
WNW
9
2.2
WNW
9
2.1
WNW
9
1.5
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
2.5
NW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
522
442
375
307
493
448
437
432
787
699
432
564
432
392
392
1165
1012
864
749
645
344
403
373
840
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
25
NW
15
NW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
5:55AM1.06m
5:46PM1.77m
7:39AM1.08m
6:34PM1.87m
9:04AM1.17m
7:25PM1.96m
Low Tide
00:06AM0.39m
11:10AM0.58m
1:10AM0.18m
12:10PM0.75m
2:10AM-0.02m
1:15PM0.87m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:56
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:38
8:38
8:38
 mm
Temp °C
10
10
12
17
18
19
15
12
12
11
15
19
19
20
17
13
13
12
15
19
21
21
17
13
Feels °C
6
8
10
14
13
13
10
9
9
8
13
16
15
15
12
10
11
9
12
15
16
15
12
10
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