The Shoals Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
28.7°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 (08 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 10PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)--
Afternoon (08 Sep)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (08 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 27°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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)
1.2
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
6
1.3
ENE
7
1.4
NE
8
1.3
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.1
ENE
8
1
E
8
1
E
7
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.8
E
7
0.7
E
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
E
7
0.5
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
120
119
154
204
196
169
143
115
112
94
91
71
69
62
47
37
41
38
25
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
20
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
6:59PM1.86m
7:22AM1.68m
7:50PM1.88m
8:14AM1.76m
8:37PM1.87m
Low Tide
1:22AM-0.12m
1:37PM-0.24m
2:11AM-0.21m
2:30PM-0.27m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:05
7:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:39
7:38
7:37
 mm
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
27
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
27
27
27
27
27
28
29
29
28
28
Feels °C
28
28
29
29
30
30
30
29
30
30
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
30
30
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