The Shoals Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 01 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
28.6° C
0.1° 

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 (01 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 6PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (01 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (01 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Sat afternoon, min 24°C on Mon morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
1
Sunday
2
Monday
3
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
E
9
0.4
SE
6
0.7
SE
4
0.5
SE
4
0.2
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
1
S
4
1
S
5
0.9
SSE
5
1.1
SE
6
1.1
SSE
6
1.1
SE
7
0.9
SE
6
1.1
SSE
6
0.7
ESE
7
0.7
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
9
15
8
7
14
13
13
21
36
47
43
85
104
109
68
82
41
34
33
31
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
15
SE
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:50AM1.71m
11:08PM1.82m
11:30AM1.74m
11:46PM1.76m
12:12PM1.77m
Low Tide
4:56PM0.15m
5:26AM0.08m
5:39PM0.18m
6:05AM0.07m
6:28PM0.22m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:19
8:19
8:17
 mm
1
1
2
1
2
2
Temp °C
30
32
28
26
25
25
25
25
25
28
26
26
25
25
25
24
28
29
24
24
24
Feels °C
33
33
28
27
26
26
26
24
24
26
24
26
25
26
26
25
28
27
23
25
26
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