The Point -Fort Pickens Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.33° N 87.30° W

The Point -Fort Pickens 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Point -Fort Pickens sea temperature is
29.8° C
0.5° 

The Point -Fort Pickens 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 Point -Fort Pickens today (28 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 4s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Point -Fort Pickens at 1PM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)--
Afternoon (28 Jul)1ft (0.3m)4s
Evening (28 Jul)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 33°C on Wed morning, min 26°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WSW
4
0.4
SW
4
0.4
SW
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.4
SW
4
0.5
WSW
3
0.6
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.5
WSW
4
0.7
W
4
0.6
W
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
5
0.5
SW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
5
0.9
WSW
4
0.9
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
0
0
5
5
6
8
10
9
17
13
7
13
11
28
0
7
10
17
19
34
37
65
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WSW
30
SW
25
WNW
15
NE
5
SSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
9:36AM0.42m
10:14AM0.41m
10:49AM0.39m
Low Tide
9:29PM-0.01m
9:59PM0.01m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:05
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:45
7:45
7:44
 mm
2
1
1
1
1
3
1
Temp °C
29
28
31
32
31
31
30
30
29
28
32
33
31
28
26
27
26
26
29
30
29
28
27
Feels °C
32
31
34
34
32
32
34
33
32
29
34
34
31
28
28
32
29
29
31
30
29
28
29
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