The Fort surfForecast / CAL – Sonoma / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 PDT
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The Fort surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Fort sea temperature is
12.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Fort today?

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 5PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
W
1.2
W
1.1
WSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)151515151414141414141414138881315141312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146142104104140138136131123123121121120142191163114174326498773661579472
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
0
SSE
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SE
10
SE
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
10
S
0
S
10
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
1.40
11:53PM
1.89
1:53PM
1.36
12:35AM
1.89
2:58PM
1.31
1:23AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
-0.32
5:58PM
0.61
7:00AM
-0.38
6:43PM
0.73
7:52AM
-0.38
7:34PM
0.84
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise6:33-------6:31-------6:30-------
Sunset---7:52-------7:52-------7:53----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------1310541-1
Temp. °C121616141312111011141514121111121212121212111111
Feels °C (?)1014141211101089111211987878111211999
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