The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

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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 (12 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 5PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (12 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (12 Jul)6ft (1.8m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
1.5
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
1.8
NW
8
1.8
NW
8
1.1
WNW
9
0.7
SSW
14
1.5
WNW
8
1.2
WNW
8
1.4
WNW
6
1.3
WNW
6
0.6
SSW
13
1.7
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
1.6
WNW
8
0.6
SSW
13
1.2
WNW
7
1.5
WNW
6
1.4
WNW
7
1.2
WNW
7
2
WNW
7
1.9
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
151
191
197
300
314
378
450
200
166
322
181
160
131
114
322
330
302
110
147
192
175
144
418
414
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:02AM1.36m
9:15PM2.09m
11:49AM1.43m
10:09PM2.10m
12:33PM1.48m
11:03PM2.07m
Low Tide
3:22PM0.93m
4:47AM-0.44m
4:20PM0.89m
5:36AM-0.48m
5:17PM0.83m
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:58
6:00
6:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:37
8:37
8:37
8:36
 mm
Temp °C
15
20
19
20
18
17
17
17
19
23
23
24
20
17
17
16
19
21
20
22
18
14
15
14
Feels °C
15
19
17
18
15
15
15
15
17
20
19
18
15
13
13
12
16
17
15
16
13
10
11
11
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