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The Strait surfForecast / Washington / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 PST
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The Strait surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Strait sea temperature is
8.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Strait today?

The current surf forecast for The Strait at 12AM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)--
Afternoon (30 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (30 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
1.8
SW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121211111118161616151514121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34162832237620211876160515871744206919661596794978838751659868826858836801865865710
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15PM
2.12
9:42AM
3.19
12:00AM
2.25
10:40AM
3.27
12:38AM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:22PM
0.27
3:18AM
1.71
5:14PM
0.11
4:28AM
1.61
6:01PM
0.01
5:28AM
1.47
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-------7:48-------7:48-------7:46
Sunset-5:10-------5:13-------5:15------
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
128101-41272----87-111-2109
Temp. °C11111011111110101010101010999121110101191010
Feels °C (?)1097887777998855698778688
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