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The Shoals surfForecast / Florida – North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 EDT
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The Shoals surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
16.1° C
 (Which is 4.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Shoals today?

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 11AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (20 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (20 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)99999999991010101010999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)190322329276194194194202211175179183190188181140106106818158575957
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
E
10
SE
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
5
W
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
1.78
10:25PM
1.97
10:50AM
1.73
11:12PM
1.98
11:37AM
1.67
12:02AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
-0.20
4:15PM
-0.24
4:48AM
-0.19
4:58PM
-0.23
5:37AM
-0.12
5:44PM
-0.17
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-7:28-------7:28-------7:26------
Sunset----7:36-------7:37-------7:37---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141516161616161615151824262621181716212627262118
Feels °C (?)111212121314141512121421232317141413182324221614
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