The Strait surf break

The Strait surfForecast / Washington / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
8.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Strait today?

The current surf forecast for The Strait at 7AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)141413131313111099988888813121211111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30292828282838778811396889598100989811423622520315213696
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
5
SE
5
S
0
WNW
0
NE
5
E
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:14AM
3.22
2:33PM
2.53
1:51AM
3.31
3:27PM
2.45
2:31AM
3.31
4:25PM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07AM
0.10
7:45PM
1.26
8:55AM
0.01
8:26PM
1.40
9:46AM
0.03
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:22-------6:20-------6:18---
Sunset8:10-------8:12-------8:14-------
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C7666710131411101010111517171312121213171816
Feels °C (?)533336911877771113151211111011141615
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