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 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Point -Fort Pickens sea temperature is
22.9°C
1.0° 

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 (30 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Point -Fort Pickens at 12AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)--
Afternoon (30 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (30 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 44mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the E by Sat night).

Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
ESE
5
0.5
ESE
6
0.4
ESE
6
0.6
E
4
0.9
ESE
5
0.8
ESE
5
0.9
ESE
5
1
ESE
5
1
ESE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.8
ESE
4
1
ESE
5
1
ESE
5
1.4
SE
6
1.3
SE
6
1.3
SE
6
1.4
SE
6
1.3
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
17
18
12
13
33
29
40
55
72
34
28
21
42
56
135
128
124
161
159
Wind (km/h)
10
E
10
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
20
E
10
E
15
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
20
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
00:24AM0.51m
1:22AM0.49m
Low Tide
1:02PM-0.08m
2:04PM-0.06m
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Temp °C
25
25
24
22
21
21
22
24
25
25
24
24
23
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23
24
24
24
25
Feels °C
25
24
22
21
20
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20
22
24
24
22
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22
24
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