QuikCAST
Surf Forecast - Florida
5 Day Surf Forecast
Forecast Updated:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:53 PM
GMT
Surf Scale: 3 ft = waist high, 4 ft = chest high, 5 ft = head high, 10 ft =double overhead
Swell Direction is direction swell is coming from. 90°=East, 180°=South, 270°=West, 360-0 = North
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Florida East Coast Surf Forecast
(Centered on Cocoa Beach) |
| Day |
Trend |
Wind
(kts) |
Details
(Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile) |
Waves
(Set wave max face height) |
Swell Direction |
Friday
3/19 |
Down slightly |
NW 5+ early |
Northeast swell 4.0 ft @ 11 secs
Swell from previous days fetch still arriving. Low pressure is to be spinning just off the Carolinas producing limited 25 kt north fetch perhaps adding a little sideband windswell to the existing swell in the water. Possible northwest/offshore winds though in Cocoa Beach and points south of there early. |
4.0 ft |
50 degrees |
Saturday
3/20 |
Down some |
SE 1-5 early |
Northeast swell fading from 3.7 ft @ 10-11 secs
The gale is to race east and be gone but swell from previous days fetch is to continue arriving. Otherwise a light near calm wind flow is to develop over the entire East Coast offering no swell producing fetch. |
3.5 ft |
50 degrees |
Sunday
3/21 |
Down |
S 10+ |
Northeast swell fading from 2.6 ft @ 9 secs
Swell from previous days fetch is to be fading out. A new winter like gale is to start wrapping up over the interior Southeast resulting in southerly winds at near 20 kts late and starting to push up the US East Coast offering no swell potential for Fla. |
2.0-2.5 ft |
55 degrees |
Monday
3/22 |
Down |
W 10 early |
No swell of interest forecast
The low is to push northeast but remain landlocked offering only offshore winds for Florida and no swell potential but pushing south winds at 25 kts up into Cape Hatteras and offering southerly windswell there. |
1 ft or less |
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Tuesday
3/23 |
Down |
W 10+ early |
No swell of interest forecast
The low pressure system is to track more to the northeast and still landlocked, generating an offshore flow for the entire US East Coast up to 20 kts over the mid-Atlantic, and offering no swell generation potential. |
1 ft or less |
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Extended
Outlook |
Down |
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The low is to finally push off the coast under Nova Scotia on Wed (3/24) with all fetch aimed to the east and offering no swell potential into Thursday. Reinforcing offshore winds over the Northeast to follow too. |
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Surf Height Animation: US East Coast - Florida & Bahamas- Central Fla
Wind Animations: US East Coast - Central Fla
Local Model: Surf - Wind
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