The Point -Fort Pickens surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 CDT
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The Point -Fort Pickens surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Point -Fort Pickens sea temperature is
23.5° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Point -Fort Pickens today?

The current surf forecast for The Point -Fort Pickens at 3AM is: 0.2m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Afternoon (18 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (18 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)3s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
N
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
0.3
ESE
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)555555553333334443344465
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4222322222111000000000620
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
W
25
N
30
N
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
0.37
10:59AM
0.41
11:54AM
0.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:04PM
-0.07
10:10PM
-0.11
11:17PM
-0.14
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-----6:18-------6:18-------6:16--
Sunset-7:16-------7:17-------7:19------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C232222212121222323222222201412182321191614141721
Feels °C (?)22212221212122222122222317961016141310871116
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