Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at The Shoals today (16 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 5PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (16 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 8s |
| Evening (16 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at The Shoals. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 36°C on Tue afternoon, min 28°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 4 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 28 | 30 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 63 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | off | cross | cross | off |
High Tide | 11:49AM1.84m | 11:59PM1.74m | 12:34PM1.78m | 00:41AM1.62m | 1:20PM1.71m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:03PM0.05m | 6:16AM-0.00m | 6:54PM0.17m | 7:01AM0.10m | 7:48PM0.28m | ||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | | | | | |  | |  | | | | | |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:04 | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Temp °C | 31 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 30 | 28 |
Feels °C | 34 | 37 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 38 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 38 | 37 | 30 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 10 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 4 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 10 |
| kJ | 28 | 30 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 63 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | ESE 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | — | — | E 6 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | E 6 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | E 10 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | E 6 | NE 6 | — | E 12 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SE 4 | SE 4 | SSE 4 | SW 3 | WSW 3 | W 3 | W 3 | — | SSE 2 | SSE 3 | — | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | W 3 | W 3 | — | S 3 | — | SW 3 |
| kJ | — | — | 15 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 589 | 589 | 2062 | 15 | 83 | 868 | 83 | 384 | 589 | 589 | 589 | 589 | 573 | 573 | 573 | 83 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 83 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in North Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Shoals surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest