Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at The Fort today (17 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 21s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 21s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for The Fort at 10AM is: 0.4m 21s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 21s |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 16s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 21s |
Table - waves today at The Fort. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 20 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 16 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | NW 7 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | NW 7 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 68 | 70 | 116 | 118 | 121 | 121 | 117 | 117 | 116 | 103 | 186 | 184 | 184 | 184 | 184 | 184 | 184 | 206 | 161 | 199 | 252 | 252 | 249 | 287 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:03AM1.19m | 3:09PM1.58m | 6:39AM1.21m | 4:08PM1.52m | 7:51AM1.25m | 5:18PM1.50m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:30AM1.00m | 10:56PM0.25m | 10:55AM1.07m | 00:07AM0.25m | 12:22PM1.06m | |||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 13 |
Feels °C | 14 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | SW 15 | WNW 10 | SW 14 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | WNW 5 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | WNW 6 |
| kJ | 68 | 70 | 53 | 53 | 48 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 104 | 55 | 103 | 184 | 184 | 184 | 184 | 184 | 32 | 70 | 48 | 49 | 252 | 252 | 249 | 66 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | W 8 | SW 14 | WNW 10 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 18 |
| kJ | 67 | 70 | 104 | 118 | 121 | 121 | 116 | 107 | 34 | 103 | 55 | 103 | 102 | 102 | 50 | 46 | 184 | 181 | 161 | 199 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 249 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 18 | SW 20 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 20 | WNW 10 | S 11 | WNW 10 | S 11 | S 10 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 31 | 66 | 116 | 117 | 72 | 117 | 117 | 117 | 116 | 102 | 186 | 32 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 44 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 10 | WNW 4 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | NW 6 | NW 7 | — | — | WNW 7 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | NW 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | 19 | 34 | 37 | 157 | 206 | — | — | 47 | 74 | 103 | 287 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 103 | 181 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 83 | 204 | 100 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Sonoma County | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Fort surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest