The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.43° N 81.40° W

Issued: 1 am 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Shoals sea temperature is

29.5° 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 (10 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 5AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 10). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (10 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Evening (10 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 34°C on Fri afternoon, min 24°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Fri night, calm by Sat morning).
	Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 4	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	25	24	24	27	68	58	95	74	57	36	29	24	23	34	62	64	39	24	23	40	39	23	37	22
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSE	SE	SW	S	SW	WSW	W	WSW	SE	SE	WNW	SW	W	WNW	WNW	W	SSE	SE	SSW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross-off	off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross-on	cross-off	off
High Tide		4:32AM1.65m					5:19PM2.05m				5:40AM1.66m				6:25PM2.13m				6:46AM1.71m				7:27PM2.20m
Low Tide					11:01AM0.08m				00:00AM0.28m				12:02PM0.02m				1:02AM0.20m				1:03PM-0.04m


	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:30	—
mm	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	15	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	27	27	27	31	34	32	27	28	27	27	27	30	32	31	26	26	26	25	25	29	32	32	30	24
Feels °C	27	29	30	34	35	32	25	28	28	27	28	33	32	31	28	26	27	26	27	31	34	31	29	25
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	E 11	E 10	E 10	ESE 8	SE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 5	ESE 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 8	ESE 8	SE 5	ESE 8	—	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	24	16	16	13	2	2	2	13	57	36	29	14	23	2	2	2	15	23	10	40	—	23	37	22
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	—	E 11	E 10	E 10	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	E 10	—	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	ESE 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 10	E 9
kJ	25	24	24	27	—	2	2	2	14	12	16	24	2	—	2	2	2	2	23	2	2	2	18	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	—	—	—	—	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	—	—	—	—	E 10	—	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	—	E 9
kJ	3	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	2	—	2	2	2	2	—	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	WSW 2	WSW 2	—	SE 8	SE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SW 3	SSW 5	SW 3	—	SE 5	SE 4	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	WSW 2	WNW 2	ESE 8	SE 3	ESE 3	SE 4
kJ	16	1	1	—	68	58	95	74	4	30	2	—	13	34	62	64	39	24	1	1	39	5	17	13
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Fluidgroove Reef Florida - North	Blowhole Florida - North	Fluidgroove Reef Florida - North	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Chincoteague Virginia	Assateague Maryland	7th Avenue Florida - North	Goulds Inlet Georgia	The Shoals Florida - North	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Tybee South End Sand Bar Georgia	South End Carolina South	Dunes Cove Carolina South	The Shoals Florida - North	Fluidgroove Reef Florida - North	7th Avenue Florida - North	Coastguard/St Simons Georgia	Matanzas Inlet Florida - North	Jax Beach Pier Florida - North	Jax Beach Pier Florida - North	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Jax Beach Pier Florida - North	Comfort Inn/Jeckyll Island 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)	18	64	18	83	1001	1039	15	81	0	83	83	181	384	444	0	18	15	78	83	13	13	387	13	67
Best forecast wave conditions in North Florida	Fluidgroove Reef	Peanuts	Fluidgroove Reef	Peanuts			Fluidgroove Reef		Fluidgroove Reef	Peanuts	Peanuts				The Shoals	Fluidgroove Reef	Fluidgroove Reef		Peanuts	Fluidgroove Reef	Jax Beach Pier		St Augustine Pier	Peanuts
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1			1		1	1	1				1	1	1		1	1	1		1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Outside Shoals Maryland	Outside Shoals Maryland	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	St Augustine Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	The Point Carolina North	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Super Tubes CAL - Ventura
Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	2	3	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Header Global	Boneyards South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Bruces Beauties South Africa	Bruces Beauties South Africa	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Supertubes Australia	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Etang-Sale Reunion	Etang-Sale Reunion	Etang-Sale Reunion	Ilot Sancho Mauritius	Ilot Sancho Mauritius	Ilot Sancho Mauritius	Ilot Sancho Mauritius	Black Rocks Mauritius	Black Rocks Mauritius	Benkunqut Indonesia
Rating (10 max)	5	6	5	5	7	7	5	5	5	4	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Shoals surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

The Shoals 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at The Shoals today (10 Jul):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

How Our WaveFinder Tool Makes Forecasting Easier Than Ever Before

The Five Best Forecasts For International Surfing Day 2026

Best Surf Travel Deals & Discounts For 2026 To Help Make Surf Travel Cheaper

Let Our Surf Alerts Do All Your Forecast Heavy Lifting

Talking To Maddie Meddings on New Film Undercurrents. (And Then Watch It!)

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website