The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Fort sea temperature is
13.6° 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 (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 4AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (10 Jul)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (10 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat night).

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
4
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
1
2
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
16
2.4
NW
8
2.2
WNW
8
2.2
WNW
9
2.2
WNW
8
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
1.5
WNW
7
0.7
SW
15
1.8
NW
7
1.7
WNW
8
1.5
WNW
7
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
15
1.4
WNW
7
1.4
WNW
7
2.2
NW
8
2
WNW
8
2
WNW
8
1.2
WNW
9
1.9
WNW
9
1.3
WNW
9
1.5
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
319
767
699
732
715
288
298
273
223
220
340
306
250
169
171
186
191
530
541
551
213
516
251
306
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
6:34PM1.87m
9:04AM1.17m
7:25PM1.96m
10:09AM1.27m
8:20PM2.04m
11:02AM1.36m
Low Tide
2:10AM-0.02m
1:15PM0.87m
3:04AM-0.21m
2:20PM0.93m
3:57AM-0.35m
3:22PM0.93m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:38
8:38
8:37
8:37
 mm
Temp °C
16
13
12
12
15
19
19
20
16
12
12
13
17
21
22
22
19
17
17
17
19
20
20
21
Feels °C
11
10
9
9
12
14
13
14
11
8
9
10
14
17
17
17
15
14
15
16
17
18
18
17
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