Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Fort sea temperature is
15.7°C
1.4° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 4PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (10 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (10 Oct)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 9°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun night).

Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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)
3
2
0
0
1
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
3
4
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
NW
9
2.5
NW
10
1.6
WNW
11
1.9
WNW
11
1.9
WNW
10
3
NW
10
3
NW
10
1.6
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
11
1.4
WNW
11
0.8
W
21
1.5
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
0.9
W
19
0.7
W
19
0.8
W
18
0.9
W
18
0.9
WNW
18
0.9
WNW
17
0.8
WNW
16
0.8
WNW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1358
1179
540
778
763
1765
1636
540
531
469
584
505
608
619
605
343
395
498
510
499
341
333
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
20
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
W
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
SSE
15
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:00AM1.77m
11:50PM1.48m
11:27AM1.78m
00:41AM1.43m
11:54AM1.76m
Low Tide
5:34PM0.04m
5:25AM0.50m
6:13PM-0.02m
6:01AM0.66m
6:52PM-0.03m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
10
16
18
17
13
10
9
9
10
15
16
17
15
13
12
11
12
17
18
16
13
12
Feels °C
6
12
11
10
8
6
5
6
7
12
14
14
14
10
9
9
11
15
14
14
11
10
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