The Shoals Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
29.1° C
0.6° 

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 (17 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 6PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (17 Jul)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (17 Jul)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 32°C on Sat night, min 26°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.7
SE
4
1.1
SE
4
1.1
SE
5
1.3
SSE
6
1
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.6
SE
5
0.7
SSE
5
1.1
SE
4
1.3
SSE
5
1.1
SE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11
12
12
12
13
13
13
6
6
19
45
53
116
72
47
31
18
24
46
83
62
Wind (km/h)
5
N
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
20
SE
25
SSE
10
S
15
W
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
20
S
20
SW
15
S
Wind State
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:31AM1.93m
11:49PM2.06m
12:21PM1.92m
00:35AM1.94m
1:10PM1.88m
Low Tide
5:37PM0.03m
6:09AM0.02m
6:31PM0.15m
6:57AM0.09m
7:28PM0.27m
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:28
8:28
8:27
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
30
31
31
30
29
27
26
26
30
31
30
32
29
28
27
26
30
31
31
29
28
Feels °C
34
32
32
32
31
29
29
29
32
32
30
34
31
30
29
27
31
31
30
29
29
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