The Shoals Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 27 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
28.9° C
0.3° 

The Shoals 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 Shoals today (27 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 10PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jul)--
Afternoon (27 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (27 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 36°C on Wed afternoon, min 25°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Wed night).

Mon
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
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
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.7
SE
3
0.8
SSE
4
0.9
S
4
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.6
SE
5
0.6
SE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
20
20
19
19
19
19
20
24
10
18
28
13
13
13
13
13
12
17
14
Wind (km/h)
15
E
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SW
5
S
10
SE
15
SE
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
30
SW
30
WNW
15
SSW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:57PM1.87m
8:03AM1.58m
8:39PM1.89m
8:47AM1.62m
9:18PM1.90m
Low Tide
2:26AM0.28m
2:16PM0.20m
3:05AM0.22m
2:57PM0.17m
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:22
 mm
1
16
8
Temp °C
30
29
28
28
27
27
30
32
32
29
30
28
27
27
32
36
31
25
26
Feels °C
32
32
31
30
31
31
33
34
34
29
31
29
28
29
33
37
31
24
28
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