The Shoals Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 19 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
29.6° C
1.0° 

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 (19 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 11AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (19 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (19 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 34°C on Wed afternoon, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
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
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
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
ESE
10
0.5
ESE
10
0.5
ESE
10
0.4
ESE
9
0.5
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.8
SE
4
1.1
SE
4
1
SSE
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
55
54
52
35
47
32
27
26
26
26
25
28
23
23
23
14
14
14
13
42
20
44
39
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
E
15
ESE
15
SE
20
S
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSW
15
WNW
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
5
SE
15
ESE
20
SSE
10
NW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
2:07PM1.64m
2:10AM1.42m
3:00PM1.59m
3:01AM1.36m
3:57PM1.56m
Low Tide
7:49AM0.19m
8:46PM0.36m
8:41AM0.25m
9:43PM0.40m
9:35AM0.28m
10:39PM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:54
6:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:02
8:01
8:00
 mm
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
26
26
31
34
33
30
30
28
27
27
30
32
31
30
26
25
26
26
27
29
31
29
26
Feels °C
28
29
33
36
34
32
32
30
29
30
33
33
31
31
26
26
29
29
29
32
32
30
28
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