Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
27.4°C
0.4° 

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 (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 4PM is: 0.7m 3s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (28 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (28 Sep)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Mon afternoon, min 24°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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
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
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.7
SE
3
0.9
SE
4
0.9
SSE
4
0.8
S
4
0.6
S
4
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
13
0.2
ESE
13
0.2
ESE
13
0.3
ESE
13
0.2
ESE
13
0.2
ESE
13
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
10
11
22
25
24
13
6
7
7
20
16
16
15
8
14
17
17
33
16
16
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
9:58AM1.83m
10:19PM1.61m
10:44AM1.84m
11:05PM1.55m
11:33AM1.82m
Low Tide
4:22PM-0.20m
4:31AM-0.29m
5:09PM-0.15m
5:15AM-0.25m
5:59PM-0.06m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
27
29
28
27
26
26
24
24
26
28
27
27
26
26
25
25
27
27
27
26
26
Feels °C
29
29
26
25
26
26
23
24
27
28
27
27
27
27
27
27
29
27
27
27
27
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