The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Fort sea temperature is
14.1° C
1.0° 

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 (09 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 2AM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (09 Jul)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (09 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Thu morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Fri afternoon).

Wed
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
2
3
4
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
2
WNW
8
2
WNW
8
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1.7
WNW
8
2.5
WNW
8
2.4
WNW
9
2.3
NW
9
2.2
WNW
8
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
1.7
WNW
7
0.6
SW
15
2
WNW
8
2
WNW
8
1.9
WNW
8
1.1
WNW
8
1.4
WNW
7
1.7
WNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
437
432
464
554
432
477
432
371
336
919
844
769
715
287
284
273
248
174
502
489
403
169
197
263
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
5:46PM1.77m
7:39AM1.08m
6:34PM1.87m
9:04AM1.17m
7:25PM1.96m
10:09AM1.27m
Low Tide
1:10AM0.18m
12:10PM0.75m
2:10AM-0.02m
1:15PM0.87m
3:04AM-0.21m
2:20PM0.93m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:56
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:38
8:38
8:38
8:37
 mm
Temp °C
15
11
12
12
15
19
19
20
16
13
12
11
15
19
20
20
16
13
13
13
16
21
22
24
Feels °C
10
7
9
10
13
16
15
15
11
10
9
8
12
15
15
14
11
9
10
10
13
17
17
18
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