Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Fort sea temperature is
15.6°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 (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 5AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (11 Oct)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (11 Oct)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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)
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
4
4
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
WNW
11
3
NW
10
1.6
WNW
10
0.9
SW
18
1.5
WNW
11
1.4
WNW
11
2.4
WNW
10
2.5
NW
10
1.5
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
11
0.9
W
19
0.7
W
19
0.8
W
18
0.9
W
18
1
W
18
0.9
WNW
17
0.8
WNW
16
0.8
WNW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
705
1765
564
502
511
436
1207
1351
531
505
605
343
395
498
625
499
341
333
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
5
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
S
10
WSW
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
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
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Temp °C
13
10
10
10
10
16
16
17
14
13
12
11
11
16
16
16
12
11
Feels °C
8
6
7
7
7
13
12
14
12
11
9
9
9
14
13
13
10
9
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