QuikCAST
Surf Forecast - Florida
5 Day Surf Forecast
Forecast
Updated:
Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:36 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
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
Monday
5/12
Down
NW 10 early
No swell of interest forecast
Low pressure to be pushing off Delaware generating more 25-30 kt offshore winds over outer Southeast coast waters and offering no swell generation potential.
2 ft or less
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Tuesday
5/13
Down
NNW 5 early
No swell of interest forecast
The gale to be building off Delaware while drifting east, with 35 kt northeast winds and 20 ft seas forecast off Cape Code and aimed in the Central Fla swell window. Possible swell starting to be generated.
2 ft or less
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Wednesday
5/14
Up some
SE 5-10 early
Possible north swell 3.4 ft @ 11 secs
The gale to continue drifting east to northeast, with a fading area of 30-35 kt northeast winds forecast south of Nova Scotia continuing to generate some form of 16 ft seas and swell. No fetch to be near Central Florida offering a clean slate for longer period lines that might possibly start hitting for the previous days fetch.
3 ft
40 degrees
Thursday
5/15
Up some more
SSW 10 early
Possible north swell 4.7 ft @ 11 secs
The Nova Scotia low to be all but gone with no swell producing fetch left. A very weak front to possibly be drifting south over the central part of the state bringing southerly winds with it.
4 ft
45 degrees
Friday
5/16
Down
SW 5-10 early
North swell fading from 2.9 ft @ 11 secs
The front to be gone with a light offshore flow in control. A weak low to push off N. Carolina but offering no swell producing fetch.
2.5 ft
50 degrees
Extended
Outlook
Down
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The models suggest and offshore flow to continue Saturday. Then a new broad low to try and start building over Cape Hatteras on Sunday (5/18) connected to a low over the Great Lakes. But it's too early to tell if it will form at all, much less whether it has any swell generation potential. Will monitor.
