The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 10PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.7m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (09 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Sun morning).

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
4
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
2
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
2.5
WNW
8
2.5
NW
9
2.5
NW
9
2.5
WNW
9
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
1.7
WNW
7
1.7
WNW
8
1.6
WNW
8
1.6
WNW
7
0.6
SW
15
1.4
WNW
7
1.4
WNW
7
2.2
WNW
8
2
WNW
8
1.2
WNW
9
1.2
WNW
9
1.1
WNW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
432
371
327
919
967
967
926
295
284
273
262
220
329
314
287
272
171
180
197
602
567
227
213
180
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
High Tide
6:34PM1.87m
9:04AM1.17m
7:25PM1.96m
10:09AM1.27m
8:20PM2.04m
Low Tide
12:10PM0.75m
2:10AM-0.02m
1:15PM0.87m
3:04AM-0.21m
2:20PM0.93m
3:57AM-0.35m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:38
8:38
8:37
8:37
 mm
Temp °C
19
20
16
13
12
11
14
18
19
19
16
12
13
13
16
20
22
23
19
17
17
16
19
22
Feels °C
15
15
11
10
9
8
10
13
13
13
11
9
10
10
13
16
17
18
15
14
15
13
17
20
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