Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fort sea temperature is
14.1°C
0.5° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 8AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (01 Oct)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (01 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WNW
9
1.2
WNW
9
1.2
WNW
9
1.1
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.5
SW
17
0.5
SW
17
0.5
SW
17
0.9
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.5
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
260
218
213
188
140
111
111
147
145
140
133
130
129
208
163
161
163
163
163
159
143
137
137
215
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
5
E
0
ESE
5
SSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NE
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
3:35AM1.29m
2:06PM1.82m
4:58AM1.26m
3:06PM1.76m
6:20AM1.29m
4:20PM1.69m
Low Tide
8:05AM0.91m
9:33PM-0.05m
9:10AM1.01m
10:47PM-0.02m
10:44AM1.04m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
16
15
21
20
21
17
16
16
16
17
23
22
22
21
21
19
19
20
25
25
25
23
23
Feels °C
15
15
15
20
19
20
16
15
15
14
15
21
20
20
19
19
16
17
18
23
23
22
20
20
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