The Fort surfForecast / CAL – Sonoma / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 PDT
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The Fort surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Fort sea temperature is
13.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Fort today?

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 1PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
1.2
NW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
W
Period(s) (?)10101010101613101616151515151414141414141413138
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)253183129125948688275162160146142104104140138136131123123121120118138
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
SSW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
E
5
SSW
5
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54AM
1.43
11:16PM
1.84
12:52PM
1.40
11:53PM
1.89
1:53PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:27AM
-0.19
5:17PM
0.47
6:11AM
-0.32
5:58PM
0.61
7:00AM
-0.38
6:43PM
0.73
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise--6:33-------6:33-------6:31-----
Sunset-----7:51-------7:52-------7:52--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111111141414111010101115151413131211121415141211
Feels °C (?)8881111108777913131111111091011111198
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