The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 25 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Fort sea temperature is
15.0°C
0.4° 

The Fort surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Fort today (25 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 5PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (25 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (25 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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

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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Tue morning, fresh winds from the NW by Wed afternoon).

Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
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
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
17
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
15
0.6
S
13
0.6
SW
15
0.5
SW
15
0.6
S
12
0.6
S
12
1.4
WNW
6
0.6
SW
14
0.4
SW
18
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
173
171
169
130
127
125
125
125
159
161
201
153
153
149
121
136
104
100
97
124
130
82
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
10:54AM1.39m
9:30PM1.75m
11:18AM1.43m
10:11PM1.75m
11:42AM1.47m
10:52PM1.73m
Low Tide
4:00PM0.82m
4:41AM-0.03m
4:36PM0.74m
5:11AM-0.03m
5:11PM0.65m
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Temp °C
14
18
19
20
17
17
16
15
18
22
23
25
20
15
15
16
18
23
22
23
18
15
Feels °C
14
16
16
17
15
15
13
13
16
19
18
19
17
13
13
14
16
20
17
18
14
11
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