Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Fort sea temperature is
15.6°C
1.4° 

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 (11 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 9PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)--
Afternoon (11 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (11 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
1
2
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
NW
10
1.5
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
11
1.4
WNW
11
1
W
19
0.8
W
19
0.8
W
18
0.9
W
18
1
W
18
0.9
WNW
17
0.8
WNW
16
0.8
WNW
16
0.9
WNW
16
0.9
WNW
16
0.9
WNW
16
0.7
SW
18
0.8
WNW
14
0.8
WNW
14
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1102
496
521
480
745
446
395
498
625
499
341
333
416
411
406
319
276
273
521
502
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
5
E
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
SE
10
SSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
W
15
NW
10
NNW
5
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
11:27AM1.78m
00:41AM1.43m
11:54AM1.76m
1:34AM1.37m
12:22PM1.73m
Low Tide
6:13PM-0.02m
6:01AM0.66m
6:52PM-0.03m
6:38AM0.80m
7:32PM-0.02m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
17
14
12
12
11
11
15
17
16
12
12
11
11
11
17
16
16
15
15
Feels °C
14
15
13
10
10
8
9
13
15
14
10
10
9
9
9
15
13
12
12
12
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