The Fort Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.51° N 123.25° W

The Fort 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Fort sea temperature is
13.2° C
0.3° 

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 (22 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Fort at 3AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jul)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (22 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (22 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Tue night, fresh winds from the WNW by Fri afternoon).

Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
14
1
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
11
1.5
SSW
10
1.6
SSW
10
1.3
SSW
9
1.2
SSW
9
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
245
308
404
356
416
454
283
227
186
189
203
264
264
261
312
290
253
249
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
5:16PM1.70m
7:03AM1.08m
6:01PM1.70m
8:35AM1.15m
6:49PM1.71m
Low Tide
00:41AM0.30m
11:45AM0.79m
1:43AM0.20m
12:52PM0.92m
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clear
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clear
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6:05
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:32
8:31
8:30
 mm
Temp °C
19
17
17
16
16
16
18
17
15
13
13
12
14
19
19
19
16
13
Feels °C
18
16
16
15
15
15
18
17
14
11
12
11
12
16
14
14
12
10
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