The Strait 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 48.32° N 124.47° W

Issued: 4 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Strait sea temperature is

11.1°C

The Strait 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 Strait today (06 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with W swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with W swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Strait at 12PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (06 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (06 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 6								Wednesday 7								Thursday 8
	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	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 14	W 14	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 12	W 12	WNW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	204	165	125	123	123	159	206	218	218	214	206	206	221	694	674	609	591	490	483	408	334	319	304	240
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	S	E	NNE	N	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	NNE	WNW	W	SW	S	S	SE	SSW	W	W	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross	cross	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				10:45AM2.41m				10:06PM2.62m					11:21AM2.58m				11:08PM2.64m				11:52AM2.74m
Low Tide		3:59AM0.56m				4:14PM1.41m				4:48AM0.59m					5:13PM1.13m				5:31AM0.66m				6:02PM0.86m


	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:26	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	11	11	14	16	14	12	12	12	12	12	16	18	15	12	11	12	12	12	16	17	15	12	13
Feels °C	12	11	11	14	16	14	12	11	11	11	11	15	18	14	11	10	11	11	11	16	16	13	11	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 14	W 14	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 12	W 12	WNW 12
kJ	204	165	125	123	123	159	206	218	218	214	206	206	221	694	674	609	591	490	483	408	334	319	304	240
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	W 12	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	W 17	W 16	W 16	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	W 6	SW 18	SW 18	SW 17
kJ	31	32	32	32	47	31	31	28	27	27	94	127	172	27	27	27	27	51	50	80	16	109	108	107
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 11	—	W 14	WSW 10	SW 14	W 12	SW 21	W 20	W 19	W 18	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 19	SW 19	SW 19	SW 19	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 18	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	12	—	14	10	32	27	17	7	28	57	27	27	27	58	58	58	57	26	26	26	49	25	22	22
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	Hobuck/North Coast Washington	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	Slip Point (Clallam Bay) Washington	Sombrio Beach Vancouver Island	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington	Sombrio Beach Vancouver Island	Pillar Point Washington	The Strait Washington	The Strait Washington
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	15	0	0	0	17	26	0	0	0	0	0	26	31	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Washington State	Westport-The Corner	Westport-The Corner	Turtles	Turtles	Elwha	Elwha	Elwha	Westport-The Corner	Turtles	La Push	Fort Canby A Jetty	Fort Canby A Jetty	The Dump	Slip Point (Clallam Bay)	Elwha	The Dump	The Dump	Westport-The Corner	Westport-The Corner	Westport-The Corner	Elwha	Whiskey Creek	Turtles	Turtles
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	1	1	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in United States	Ranches HAW - Oahu	Magics HAW - Big Island	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ranches HAW - Oahu	Ranches HAW - Oahu	Tracks (Nanakuli) HAW - Oahu	Pipeline HAW - Oahu	Pipeline HAW - Oahu	Magics HAW - Big Island	Pipeline HAW - Oahu	Ranches HAW - Oahu	Magics HAW - Big Island	Pipeline HAW - Oahu	Pipeline HAW - Oahu	Pipeline HAW - Oahu	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef Oregon North	Yokohama Bay HAW - Oahu	Samoa Peninsula CAL - Humboldt	Samoa Peninsula CAL - Humboldt	Cape Sebastian Oregon South	Samoa Peninsula CAL - Humboldt	Little River State Beach CAL - Humboldt	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo	Mouse Rock CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Barrancon Chile	Barrancon Chile	Left Point Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Boneyards South Africa	Hell South Africa	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Heaven South Africa	Batu Hiu Indonesia	Hell South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Benkunqut Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Outside Corner Indonesia	Boneyards South Africa	Jimmys Indonesia	Hell South Africa	Dolphin Point South Africa	Dolphin Point South Africa
Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

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 Strait 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 Strait 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at The Strait today (06 Oct):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website