The Shoals Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 07 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
29.7° C
1.3° 

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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with SE 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) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 2AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 07). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (08 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (08 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 34°C on Thu afternoon, min 26°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Wed night, light winds from the WSW by Fri morning).

Tue
7
Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Fri
10
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
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
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)
0.9
SE
4
1.1
SE
4
1.2
SSE
5
0.9
SE
5
0.8
SE
5
0.6
SE
5
0.3
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.9
SE
4
1.4
SE
5
0.9
SE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.7
SE
9
1
SE
4
1.4
SE
5
0.9
SE
6
0.9
SE
5
0.8
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.7
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
23
51
61
38
31
16
15
25
28
91
50
53
28
28
32
83
34
91
46
49
36
25
23
70
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
15
S
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
SE
20
SE
30
S
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSE
25
SE
30
S
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
15
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-on
High Tide
2:13PM1.85m
2:28AM1.71m
3:09PM1.91m
3:26AM1.66m
4:13PM1.97m
4:32AM1.65m
Low Tide
8:47PM0.41m
9:05AM0.18m
9:52PM0.39m
10:02AM0.13m
10:57PM0.34m
11:01AM0.08m
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:30
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
32
30
32
29
27
27
31
33
32
30
31
29
27
27
31
34
31
29
28
27
27
26
30
32
Feels °C
33
31
33
31
29
30
34
34
32
29
31
29
29
29
32
35
31
28
27
28
29
29
33
33
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