Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fort sea temperature is
15.5°C
1.2° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 2PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Afternoon (08 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (08 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
4
3
3
2
3
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
17
0.8
SW
16
1
WNW
14
1
WNW
14
1
WNW
14
1
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
15
1.3
WNW
11
2.5
NW
10
3
NW
10
3
NW
10
3
NW
10
3
NW
10
1.5
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
2
WNW
11
2
WNW
11
1.9
WNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
346
371
389
384
366
502
427
421
416
400
380
459
1539
1800
1695
1787
1631
531
619
943
909
800
Wind (km/h)
0
NNE
5
WSW
10
W
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNW
0
WNW
5
SSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
10:01AM1.69m
10:05PM1.58m
10:31AM1.74m
10:58PM1.54m
11:00AM1.77m
Low Tide
4:10PM0.27m
4:13AM0.21m
4:53PM0.13m
4:50AM0.35m
5:34PM0.04m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
18
21
21
22
19
21
21
20
19
21
20
19
17
14
13
11
11
16
17
17
13
12
Feels °C
18
20
20
20
16
19
19
19
18
21
19
17
15
11
9
6
7
12
10
10
7
6
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