The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fort sea temperature is
14.9°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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 12PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Sun afternoon).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
437
427
496
358
419
414
403
398
461
382
372
437
431
394
394
384
446
362
357
347
317
312
312
307
Wind (km/h)
10
N
5
N
5
NE
10
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NE
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
W
15
NW
10
NNW
5
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:50AM1.26m
5:49PM1.80m
8:46AM1.35m
7:03PM1.82m
9:30AM1.44m
8:09PM1.86m
Low Tide
00:25AM0.05m
12:00PM1.03m
1:36AM-0.04m
1:23PM0.96m
2:35AM-0.11m
2:29PM0.84m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:46
6:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:37
7:35
7:34
 mm
Temp °C
13
13
14
18
17
17
15
13
12
12
13
18
18
18
15
12
12
12
14
18
19
19
17
18
Feels °C
11
12
13
16
14
13
12
10
10
10
11
15
13
12
11
9
10
11
13
16
17
16
15
16
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