The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

Issued: 9 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Fort sea temperature is

15.9°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Fort today (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 18s period with W swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 18s period with WNW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 17s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 4AM is: 0.9m 20s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	18s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	18s
Evening (02 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	17s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Mon night. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 1		Monday 2								Tuesday 3								Wed 4
	6 PM	9 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 15	WNW 20	WNW 20	W 19	W 18	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 10	WNW 14	W 12	W 14	W 13
Wave Graph
kJ	471	503	523	634	885	961	1106	1069	1057	1203	1009	916	758	749	739	619	607	704	1249	1723	1412
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NNE	NE	E	S	S	S	E	SE	S	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off
High Tide					5:44AM1.47m				4:31PM1.47m				6:30AM1.56m				5:52PM1.41m
Low Tide			10:33PM-0.04m				11:21AM0.80m				11:35PM0.04m				12:31PM0.61m				00:29AM0.13m


	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	5:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	4	5	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	12	12	12	13	16	16	16	13	13	15	14	13	15	15	14	12	11	11	11	11
Feels °C	10	10	11	11	11	15	15	16	11	11	14	12	10	13	14	13	10	8	9	9	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	W 19	W 18	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 16	WNW 16	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 10	WSW 10	W 12	W 14	W 13
kJ	471	503	424	418	885	961	1106	1069	1057	1203	1009	916	758	503	705	619	607	679	1249	1723	1412
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 5	WNW 6	WNW 20	WNW 20	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 15	WNW 14	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15
kJ	31	25	523	634	418	424	523	558	477	459	429	429	429	749	739	612	566	704	314	331	331
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 12	W 21	WNW 6	WNW 6	WNW 6	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 11	WNW 11	S 9	SSW 9	SSW 8	W 11	SW 15	SW 15	SSW 15	SW 15	SW 15	WNW 15	S 22	—
kJ	59	229	18	10	10	54	45	25	12	6	15	27	88	429	429	377	314	309	309	9	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 6	NW 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	98	66	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	15	0	2	15	2	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5

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