The Shoals Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 19 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
29.4° C
0.9° 

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 (19 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 8AM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (19 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (19 Jul)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 32°C on Tue afternoon, min 26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SE
5
0.8
SE
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.8
SE
5
1.1
SE
5
1.1
SE
5
1.3
SSE
5
1.3
SSE
6
0.9
SE
6
1.1
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
1.1
SE
5
1.1
SE
5
1.2
SE
6
1.1
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
1.3
SE
5
1.4
SE
5
1.5
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
49
40
28
31
30
49
61
97
111
50
72
44
52
63
69
92
72
54
40
42
49
73
111
139
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
20
ESE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
15
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
00:35AM1.94m
1:10PM1.88m
1:19AM1.81m
2:00PM1.84m
2:05AM1.69m
2:51PM1.80m
Low Tide
6:57AM0.09m
7:28PM0.27m
7:46AM0.17m
8:27PM0.37m
8:36AM0.23m
9:25PM0.43m
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clear
clear
thunderstorm
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:27
8:27
8:25
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
29
27
27
30
30
29
29
26
27
27
26
30
31
30
30
30
28
27
27
30
32
32
31
31
Feels °C
31
29
30
32
31
29
30
26
29
29
29
32
31
31
31
32
30
30
29
30
32
32
32
33
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