The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fort sea temperature is
12.9° 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 (31 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 4AM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (31 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (31 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Sat afternoon, light winds from the NNW by Sun morning).

Thu
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
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)
0
1
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
15
1.8
NW
8
1.6
WNW
8
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.6
SW
14
1.4
WNW
6
0.7
SSW
14
1.9
NW
7
1.8
NW
7
1.8
NW
7
1.7
WNW
8
1.4
WNW
7
1.9
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
3
NW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
283
275
358
294
264
261
223
160
160
170
342
340
349
347
214
389
383
1060
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
11:43PM1.73m
1:28PM1.47m
00:23AM1.65m
1:54PM1.52m
Low Tide
6:09PM0.81m
6:45AM-0.09m
6:48PM0.74m
7:14AM-0.02m
7:31PM0.66m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:24
8:23
8:22
 mm
Temp °C
17
13
14
14
16
21
21
23
18
14
14
14
17
23
24
25
19
15
Feels °C
12
10
12
11
13
17
16
17
13
11
11
11
14
19
19
19
15
12
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