The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

Issued: 3 pm 02 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):

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 11PM is: 1.3m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	-	-
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 13mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 2				Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	1	3	4	3	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 15	WSW 10	WSW 11	WSW 12	W 13	W 13	W 13	WNW 13	W 12	WNW 12	W 11	W 11	W 10
Wave Graph
kJ	1106	1069	1217	1203	1009	916	758	758	739	645	566	584	867	995	1543	1308	1025	1619	827	1180	426	231	250
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	ENE	E	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	glassy	glassy	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy
High Tide			4:31PM1.47m				6:30AM1.56m				5:52PM1.41m					7:10AM1.65m				7:06PM1.38m
Low Tide	11:21AM0.80m				11:35PM0.04m				12:31PM0.61m				00:29AM0.13m					1:28PM0.40m				1:17AM0.25m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—
	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	5:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	16	17	16	13	12	12	12	13
Feels °C	14	15	14	11	12	11	9	10	12	11	9	11	10	11	11	15	13	11	10	10	10	10	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 17	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 16	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 11	WSW 12	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 11	W 11	W 10
kJ	1106	1069	1217	1203	1009	916	758	758	572	643	532	584	867	995	1543	1308	1025	948	827	625	426	231	250
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	WSW 11	WNW 16	WNW 16	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 14	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	WNW 7	SW 14
kJ	523	558	477	459	429	429	429	308	739	645	566	543	456	443	331	314	301	206	200	155	155	45	160
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 12	WNW 11	WNW 11	SSW 9	S 9	SSW 8	W 11	SW 15	SW 15	SSW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	—	—	—	SW 20	SW 20	SW 20	W 16	SW 14	W 16
kJ	45	25	12	8	6	14	86	429	429	377	314	314	322	322	—	—	—	15	15	15	21	160	177
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	S 8	—	S 8	SSW 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	WNW 13	NW 5	WNW 12	WNW 6	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	23	—	45	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1619	68	1180	140	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2
Distance (km)	2	15	0	0	2	2	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	29	203	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		3	4	3	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5

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