Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
27.2°C
0.9° 

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 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 7PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (08 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (08 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 49mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat afternoon, min 22°C on Fri morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
ENE
7
1.1
ENE
7
1.1
ENE
7
1.1
E
7
1.1
E
7
1.2
E
6
1.1
E
6
2
E
7
2.4
E
7
2.4
E
8
2.4
E
8
2.4
E
8
2.1
E
8
1.9
E
7
1.8
ENE
7
1.7
E
7
1.6
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.4
E
7
1.2
E
7
1.2
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
147
136
132
110
107
113
85
363
611
670
710
657
491
389
349
320
276
236
206
150
143
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
15
ESE
25
E
30
E
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
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
High Tide
7:26PM1.73m
7:54AM1.79m
8:10PM1.71m
8:39AM1.83m
8:52PM1.67m
Low Tide
1:23PM-0.20m
1:45AM-0.22m
2:14PM-0.22m
2:28AM-0.25m
3:00PM-0.22m
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light rain
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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7:22
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7:24
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 mm
1
2
2
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2
2
2
2
4
5
3
6
6
3
2
2
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1
3
1
Temp °C
26
27
25
23
24
24
23
22
23
24
24
25
26
26
27
27
27
29
28
28
28
Feels °C
27
28
26
25
27
25
21
19
19
21
21
24
26
26
28
29
28
30
29
29
30
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