The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fort sea temperature is
15.0°C
0.2° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 11AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun afternoon, calm by Mon morning).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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)
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
1
S
12
1
S
12
1
S
12
1
S
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
461
382
372
437
431
394
394
384
446
367
352
347
317
317
312
307
298
154
309
299
294
289
224
217
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NE
5
E
10
SSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NE
10
E
5
E
5
E
10
S
10
SSW
5
W
10
NNW
5
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
8:46AM1.35m
7:03PM1.82m
9:30AM1.44m
8:09PM1.86m
10:08AM1.51m
9:08PM1.87m
Low Tide
1:36AM-0.04m
1:23PM0.96m
2:35AM-0.11m
2:29PM0.84m
3:25AM-0.15m
3:25PM0.68m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
6:47
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:35
7:34
7:31
 mm
Temp °C
12
12
13
18
19
19
15
13
13
13
14
19
19
19
18
18
17
17
18
21
21
20
21
21
Feels °C
10
10
11
14
14
13
11
11
11
12
13
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
16
19
20
19
19
20
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