QuikCAST
Surf Forecast - Florida
5 Day Surf Forecast
Forecast Updated:
Thursday, October 6, 2016 4:51 PM
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
Friday
10/7
Up, Up , UP early
SW 55+ early
Tropical swell fading from 23 ft @ 12-13 secs early
Matthew is to be about 11 nmiles east of Cocoa Beach at 11 PM Thurs (10/6) with winds 115 kts (132 mph) all isolated to the east quadrant aimed north and tracking north and quickly moving out of the Central Fla swell window and paralleling the coast north of there. Winds quickly turning west and fading as the day progresses.
20 ft
80 degrees
Saturday
10/8
Down
SW 20 early
No swell if interest forecast
Hurricane Matthew is to be over the coast of Georgia and all possible swell producing winds over land, offering nothing of interest. Winds fading from 80 kts. A quick turn to the east is possible late.
1 ft or less
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Sunday
10/9
Up some
NW 15+ early
North windswell building to 6.0 ft @ 8 secs but shadowed by the Cape. Size at right is for areas south of CB.
Matthew is to be down to tropical storm strength falling south 300 nmiles off North Florida with winds 60 kts starting to generate new raw swell.
4.0 ft
00 degrees
Monday
10/10
Up more
N 25 early
Northeast swell building to 11.7 ft @ 11 secs and shadowed by the Cape. Size at right is for areas south of CB.
TS Matthew is to start tracking southwest with winds 50 kts positioned 270 nmiles east of Cocoa Beach generating swell but also strong northeast winds at 30 kts nearshore.
10.0 ft
25 degrees
Tuesday
10/11
Down some
NE 20+ early
East windswell fading from 8 ft @ 9 secs
Matthew is to continue southwest positioned 225 nmiles off Ft Pierce with winds 40 kts with east winds locally 20-25 kts generating raw windswell.
7.0 ft
65 degrees
Extended
Outlook
Down some
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The GFS model has Matthew moving over South Florida on Wed (10/12) with Nichol tracking northwest from a point 700 nmiles off Central Florida with winds 65 kts. More swell possible.
