The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fort sea temperature is
14.7°C
0.1° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 1PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (08 Sep)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Wed morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
S
12
1
S
12
1
S
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
0.7
S
11
0.7
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.8
SSW
11
0.5
SW
19
0.6
SW
19
0.6
SW
17
0.6
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.8
SW
17
0.8
SW
17
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
319
304
299
236
217
114
126
157
158
181
231
175
194
192
192
297
290
283
403
398
375
357
Wind (km/h)
5
E
5
SSW
5
W
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
10:08AM1.51m
9:08PM1.87m
10:43AM1.58m
10:03PM1.83m
11:16AM1.65m
10:55PM1.77m
Low Tide
3:25PM0.68m
4:08AM-0.14m
4:15PM0.53m
4:48AM-0.08m
5:03PM0.40m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:48
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:31
7:30
7:29
 mm
Temp °C
20
23
22
22
23
23
22
22
24
29
28
28
25
25
23
22
22
22
22
22
18
16
Feels °C
19
22
21
20
21
21
21
20
22
27
24
24
22
22
20
20
20
21
19
18
15
13
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