The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

Issued: 1 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Shoals sea temperature is

29.4° C

The Shoals surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Shoals today (08 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 5PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (08 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (08 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 33°C on Wed afternoon, min 26°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 8					Thursday 9								Friday 10								Sat 11
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 4	SE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 8	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5
Wave Graph
kJ	25	25	42	71	69	39	27	28	32	83	31	77	49	50	38	26	23	80	60	106	47	47	36	22
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SE	SE	S	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSE	SE	S	SW	SW	WSW	W	WSW	SE	SE	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide			3:09PM1.91m				3:26AM1.66m				4:13PM1.97m				4:32AM1.65m					5:19PM2.05m				5:40AM1.66m
Low Tide	9:05AM0.18m				9:52PM0.39m				10:02AM0.13m				10:57PM0.34m					11:01AM0.08m				00:00AM0.28m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—
	—	—	—	8:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:30	—	—	—	8:30
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	31	33	32	30	30	27	27	26	31	33	32	31	30	28	27	26	30	33	30	29	28	28	27	27
Feels °C	34	35	32	30	31	28	28	28	32	34	33	30	30	30	30	29	33	34	30	29	31	30	28	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 10	ESE 9	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	E 12	E 12	ESE 9	SE 5	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 11	E 10	E 10	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5
kJ	10	25	42	2	15	39	22	18	14	3	3	45	49	50	38	26	20	2	2	2	47	47	36	22
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	E 11	E 10	E 13	—	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 12	—	E 12	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	—	—	—	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	25	2	2	3	—	16	27	28	32	3	—	3	26	15	14	23	23	—	—	—	14	14	12	12
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	—	—	—	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	2	2	—	—	—	2	2	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SE 5	SE 4	SE 5	SSE 5	WSW 3	—	WSW 2	WSW 3	SE 9	SE 4	SE 5	S 5	SSW 5	—	—	—	SE 8	SE 5	SE 5	S 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	W 3
kJ	—	10	33	71	69	1	—	1	2	83	31	77	16	20	—	—	—	80	60	106	24	35	22	1
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	South End Carolina South	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Frisco Pier/Cape Hatteras Carolina North	The Shoals Florida - North	7th Avenue Florida - North	Fluidgroove Reef Florida - North	Fluidgroove Reef Florida - North	Fluidgroove Reef Florida - North	Sunglow Pier Florida - North	Pon. Inlet Florida - North	Beacon Point Florida - North	7th Avenue Florida - North	The Shoals Florida - North	Ponte Vedra Florida - North	Fluidgroove Reef Florida - North	Fluidgroove Reef Florida - North	Chicahauk Carolina North	Outside Shoals Maryland	Crossroads Florida - North	The Shoals Florida - North	The Shoals Florida - North	Fluidgroove Reef Florida - North	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	384	713	713	756	0	15	18	18	18	154	157	58	15	0	17	18	18	823	1048	30	0	0	18	181
Best forecast wave conditions in North Florida					Ocean Avenue	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef	Monster Hole	Fluidgroove Reef	Sunglow Pier	Pon. Inlet	Flagler	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef			Crossroads	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef
Rating (10 max)					1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	7	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	7	8	8	5	5	5	4	5

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