The Shoals Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
29.0° 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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 7PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (28 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 37°C on Wed afternoon, min 24°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
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
Height Map
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
0.6
SE
8
0.8
SSE
4
0.6
SE
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
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.5
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.3
ESE
7
0.2
ESE
7
0.2
ESE
7
0.5
S
5
0.9
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
20
20
51
17
13
13
13
13
14
14
12
12
12
15
13
9
10
5
5
11
40
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
SSE
20
SE
25
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
15
WNW
25
WSW
15
W
20
W
15
W
5
WSW
10
W
15
SW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
8:03AM1.58m
8:39PM1.89m
8:47AM1.62m
9:18PM1.90m
9:29AM1.65m
9:55PM1.89m
Low Tide
2:16PM0.20m
3:05AM0.22m
2:57PM0.17m
3:41AM0.16m
3:37PM0.15m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<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
8:21
 mm
1
17
1
1
2
8
Temp °C
30
33
32
31
30
28
27
27
32
37
35
34
24
25
25
26
30
33
31
30
26
Feels °C
33
36
33
31
31
29
28
28
33
38
35
34
25
25
26
26
31
34
33
32
27
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