The Shoals Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
29.4° 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 (09 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 5PM is: 1.1m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (09 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (09 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 34°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu night, calm by Sat morning).

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
1.1
SE
4
1.4
SE
5
1.1
SE
6
1
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.8
SE
8
1.1
SE
5
1.4
SE
5
1.1
SSE
5
1
SSE
5
0.9
SE
5
0.7
SE
5
0.4
ESE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.9
SE
4
0.4
SE
8
0.4
ESE
8
1
SSE
4
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
27
41
102
69
61
38
32
23
82
53
91
64
56
41
29
24
49
28
15
23
35
23
23
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
SSE
20
SE
30
S
30
SSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSE
25
SE
25
WSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
20
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
WSW
20
SW
10
W
10
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
4:13PM1.97m
4:32AM1.65m
5:19PM2.05m
5:40AM1.66m
6:25PM2.13m
6:46AM1.71m
Low Tide
10:02AM0.13m
10:57PM0.34m
11:01AM0.08m
00:00AM0.28m
12:02PM0.02m
1:02AM0.20m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:30
6:31
6:31
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8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
 mm
2
1
1
7
Temp °C
31
34
32
30
27
26
26
26
31
33
32
25
30
27
26
26
30
32
32
29
25
26
25
25
Feels °C
33
36
32
29
25
26
28
29
34
34
32
24
30
28
27
27
32
32
31
29
24
26
27
27
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