The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fort sea temperature is
13.0° 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 (14 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 10AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jul)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (14 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (14 Jul)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu afternoon).

Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
WNW
8
1.3
WNW
8
0.6
SSW
13
1.2
WNW
8
0.9
WNW
8
1.2
WNW
6
1.3
WNW
6
1.1
WNW
7
1.8
NW
7
1.7
WNW
7
1.7
WNW
8
1.1
WNW
8
1.5
WNW
7
1.7
WNW
7
1.7
WNW
7
1.5
WNW
8
2.3
WNW
8
1.3
WNW
8
2.1
WNW
8
1.3
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
7
2
WNW
7
1.7
WNW
8
1.5
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
230
203
109
154
101
100
136
115
312
329
337
142
217
277
256
263
700
234
517
207
327
417
336
284
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNW
10
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
NW
25
NW
20
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
12:33PM1.48m
11:03PM2.07m
1:14PM1.52m
11:56PM1.98m
1:55PM1.57m
Low Tide
5:36AM-0.48m
5:17PM0.83m
6:22AM-0.45m
6:14PM0.76m
7:06AM-0.37m
7:12PM0.69m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:00
6:00
6:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:37
8:36
8:36
 mm
Temp °C
19
20
21
21
21
25
20
15
16
15
19
21
23
22
18
14
14
13
16
20
21
20
16
12
Feels °C
16
17
19
19
17
20
15
10
12
11
16
16
17
16
13
10
10
9
12
15
14
14
11
9
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