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The Shoals surfForecast / Florida – North / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 EST
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The Shoals surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Shoals sea temperature is
15.1° C
 (Which is 5.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Shoals today?

The current surf forecast for The Shoals at 8AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)999999998888998888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6666666666614151514142120202120192021
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
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
/ height (m)
7:14AM
1.84
7:19PM
1.58
7:56AM
1.88
8:02PM
1.62
8:35AM
1.90
8:44PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
0.22
1:32AM
0.11
2:19PM
0.16
2:13AM
0.07
2:56PM
0.11
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--7:22-------7:22-------7:22-----
Sunset----5:47-------5:49-------5:50---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------71-----------
Temp. °C101113181917171614139653111138111076
Feels °C (?)6791516141514121030-1-3-6-5-5-5-336521
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