The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fort sea temperature is
15.1°C
0.4° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 19s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 4AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)19s
Evening (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Fri afternoon).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
11
0.7
S
11
0.7
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.5
SW
19
0.6
SW
19
0.6
SW
17
0.6
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.8
SW
17
0.8
SW
17
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
217
114
126
154
149
181
231
175
194
192
192
297
290
283
403
403
375
357
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
W
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
9:08PM1.87m
10:43AM1.58m
10:03PM1.83m
11:16AM1.65m
10:55PM1.77m
Low Tide
4:08AM-0.14m
4:15PM0.53m
4:48AM-0.08m
5:03PM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:30
7:29
 mm
Temp °C
24
23
23
23
24
28
28
29
27
27
25
21
21
23
22
21
16
15
Feels °C
23
21
21
21
22
25
24
25
24
24
22
19
19
21
19
17
13
12
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