What are the current surf conditions at Sunset Beach?

Sunset Beach currently has varying wave conditions. Check the live forecast above for real-time wave heights, wind conditions, and tide information updated every 6 hours.

What's the best time to surf Sunset Beach?

The best time to surf Sunset Beach is typically when swell comes from the SW direction. Check the tide charts and wind forecasts above for optimal surfing conditions.

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Current Surf Conditions at Sunset Beach

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🌬️ WIND

14
kt

🌊 SWELL

0.7
ft

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SWELL
HEIGHT

0.7ft

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SWELL
PERIOD

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WIND GUSTS

20kt

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AIR TEMP

15°C

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SECONDARY
SWELL

0.4ft @
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0mm

SURF QUALITY

Fair conditions - still worth a paddle. Tiny waves under 1ft with quality 9s ground swell but pretty windy at 14kt Note: winds from NE would be better.

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Sunday

May 10

FAIR3 good hours

🌊 0.5-0.9ft 💨 9-17kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
7:11 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	10s	SW	9kt	W	12kt	23°C	20°C	0mm
8:11 AM	POOR	0.6ft	8s	SW	11kt	WSW	16kt	21°C	18°C	3mm
9:11 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	9s	SW	9kt	SW	—kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
10:11 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	10s	SW	10kt	WSW	13kt	17°C	21°C	0mm
11:11 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	10s	SW	9kt	W	13kt	15°C	20°C	0mm
12:11 PM	POOR	0.6ft	9s	SW	11kt	SW	—kt	14°C	20°C	2mm
1:11 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	11s	SW	11kt	WNW	—kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
2:11 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	9s	SW	14kt	W	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
3:11 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	9s	SW	11kt	NW	15kt	13°C	18°C	0mm
4:11 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	9s	SW	12kt	WNW	17kt	14°C	20°C	2mm
5:11 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	9s	SW	14kt	W	20kt	15°C	18°C	0mm
6:11 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	12s	SW	14kt	W	—kt	17°C	21°C	0mm
7:11 PM	POOR	0.8ft	12s	SW	15kt	WNW	—kt	19°C	18°C	0mm
8:11 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	11s	SW	13kt	SW	18kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
9:11 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	9s	SW	14kt	WSW	—kt	23°C	21°C	0mm
10:11 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	11s	SW	15kt	WNW	—kt	25°C	18°C	2mm
11:11 PM	FAIR	0.9ft	12s	SW	13kt	WNW	—kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
12:11 AM	POOR	0.7ft	11s	SW	16kt	WNW	—kt	28°C	21°C	0mm
1:11 AM	POOR	0.8ft	11s	SW	17kt	WNW	—kt	29°C	21°C	2mm
2:11 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	11s	SW	13kt	WSW	19kt	29°C	18°C	0mm
3:11 AM	POOR	0.7ft	12s	SW	17kt	NW	—kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
4:11 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	9s	SW	14kt	WSW	19kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
5:11 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	11s	SW	15kt	WSW	—kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
6:11 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	8s	SW	17kt	W	—kt	25°C	19°C	0mm

Monday

May 11

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.2-0.7ft 💨 14-17kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
7:11 AM	POOR	0.6ft	10s	SW	17kt	WSW	—kt	23°C	20°C	0mm
8:11 AM	POOR	0.6ft	11s	SW	17kt	WNW	24kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
9:11 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	10s	SW	15kt	NW	—kt	19°C	21°C	0mm
10:11 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	11s	SW	17kt	W	23kt	17°C	18°C	0mm
11:11 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	11s	SW	15kt	W	21kt	15°C	20°C	0mm
12:11 PM	POOR	0.6ft	11s	SW	16kt	WSW	—kt	14°C	20°C	0mm
1:11 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	9s	SW	14kt	W	20kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
2:11 PM	POOR	0.6ft	11s	SW	16kt	WSW	—kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
3:11 PM	POOR	0.5ft	11s	SW	16kt	W	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
4:11 PM	POOR	0.5ft	9s	SW	15kt	W	—kt	14°C	20°C	0mm
5:11 PM	POOR	0.4ft	11s	SW	15kt	WNW	20kt	15°C	19°C	0mm
6:11 PM	POOR	0.4ft	9s	SW	15kt	WNW	22kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
7:11 PM	POOR	0.4ft	9s	SW	17kt	NW	24kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
8:11 PM	POOR	0.3ft	12s	SW	14kt	WSW	19kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
9:11 PM	POOR	0.4ft	11s	SW	15kt	WSW	—kt	23°C	21°C	1mm
10:11 PM	POOR	0.4ft	11s	SW	14kt	NW	20kt	25°C	19°C	0mm
11:11 PM	POOR	0.2ft	10s	SW	15kt	WNW	22kt	27°C	19°C	3mm
12:11 AM	POOR	0.3ft	8s	SW	16kt	WSW	22kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
1:11 AM	POOR	0.2ft	11s	SW	15kt	WSW	—kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
2:11 AM	POOR	0.2ft	12s	SW	17kt	W	24kt	29°C	18°C	0mm
3:11 AM	POOR	0.2ft	10s	SW	16kt	WNW	—kt	29°C	21°C	0mm
4:11 AM	POOR	0.2ft	10s	SW	16kt	WSW	—kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
5:11 AM	POOR	0.2ft	12s	SW	14kt	W	19kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
6:11 AM	POOR	0.3ft	10s	SW	15kt	W	21kt	25°C	19°C	0mm

Tuesday

May 12

POOR3 excellent hours

🌊 0.2-0.7ft 💨 6-15kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
7:11 AM	POOR	0.2ft	11s	SW	13kt	W	—kt	23°C	20°C	0mm
8:11 AM	POOR	0.2ft	10s	SW	12kt	WSW	17kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
9:11 AM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	15kt	WNW	—kt	19°C	21°C	0mm
10:11 AM	POOR	0.2ft	8s	SW	15kt	W	21kt	17°C	19°C	1mm
11:11 AM	POOR	0.3ft	8s	SW	14kt	WSW	20kt	15°C	21°C	0mm
12:11 PM	POOR	0.3ft	10s	SW	13kt	W	—kt	14°C	18°C	0mm
1:11 PM	POOR	0.3ft	10s	SW	11kt	W	15kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
2:11 PM	POOR	0.3ft	10s	SW	11kt	NW	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
3:11 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	8s	SW	12kt	WNW	17kt	13°C	19°C	2mm
4:11 PM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	12kt	W	—kt	14°C	19°C	3mm
5:11 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	11s	SW	10kt	W	—kt	15°C	19°C	0mm
6:11 PM	POOR	0.4ft	8s	SW	12kt	SW	—kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
7:11 PM	POOR	0.4ft	8s	SW	12kt	NW	17kt	19°C	19°C	2mm
8:11 PM	GOOD	0.4ft	8s	SW	10kt	W	13kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
9:11 PM	GOOD	0.4ft	9s	SW	9kt	WNW	—kt	23°C	18°C	0mm
10:11 PM	POOR	0.6ft	12s	SW	11kt	WSW	—kt	25°C	19°C	0mm
11:11 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	11s	SW	10kt	WNW	15kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
12:11 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	10s	SW	10kt	NW	—kt	28°C	20°C	3mm
1:11 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	9s	SW	8kt	NW	—kt	29°C	21°C	0mm
2:11 AM	GOOD	0.7ft	9s	SW	11kt	WSW	—kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
3:11 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	8s	SW	7kt	WSW	10kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
4:11 AM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	10s	SW	8kt	WNW	—kt	28°C	19°C	0mm
5:11 AM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	8s	SW	7kt	W	10kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
6:11 AM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	12s	SW	6kt	W	8kt	25°C	20°C	0mm

Wednesday

May 13

GOOD11 excellent hours

🌊 0.5-0.9ft 💨 2-8kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
7:11 AM	EXCELLENT	0.6ft	10s	SW	7kt	SW	—kt	23°C	21°C	0mm
8:11 AM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	11s	SW	8kt	WSW	—kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
9:11 AM	GOOD	0.8ft	12s	SW	5kt	WSW	—kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
10:11 AM	GOOD	0.9ft	9s	SW	8kt	W	—kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
11:11 AM	GOOD	0.9ft	11s	SW	5kt	NW	7kt	15°C	20°C	0mm
12:11 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	9s	SW	7kt	NW	—kt	14°C	20°C	0mm
1:11 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	10s	SW	5kt	W	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
2:11 PM	GOOD	0.7ft	9s	SW	7kt	WNW	10kt	13°C	21°C	2mm
3:11 PM	GOOD	0.9ft	12s	SW	6kt	SW	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
4:11 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	12s	SW	7kt	WSW	—kt	14°C	18°C	0mm
5:11 PM	GOOD	0.9ft	11s	SW	6kt	W	—kt	15°C	19°C	0mm
6:11 PM	GOOD	0.7ft	9s	SW	5kt	WNW	8kt	17°C	21°C	0mm
7:11 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	11s	SW	3kt	NW	—kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
8:11 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	11s	SW	4kt	SW	—kt	21°C	18°C	0mm
9:11 PM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	10s	SW	3kt	W	5kt	23°C	18°C	1mm
10:11 PM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	9s	SW	3kt	NW	—kt	25°C	19°C	2mm
11:11 PM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	9s	SW	2kt	WSW	—kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
12:11 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	10s	SW	3kt	NW	—kt	28°C	20°C	2mm
1:11 AM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	12s	SW	2kt	W	—kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
2:11 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	11s	SW	5kt	SW	7kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
3:11 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	9s	SW	3kt	WSW	5kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
4:11 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	10s	SW	3kt	WNW	—kt	28°C	19°C	0mm
5:11 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	10s	SW	5kt	WSW	—kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
6:11 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	12s	SW	3kt	W	—kt	25°C	20°C	0mm

Thursday

May 14

GOOD1 excellent hours

🌊 0.1-0.4ft 💨 3-8kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
7:11 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	12s	SW	3kt	SW	4kt	23°C	19°C	0mm
8:11 AM	EXCELLENT	0.3ft	11s	SW	3kt	NW	4kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
9:11 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	9s	SW	4kt	SW	—kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
10:11 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	8s	SW	3kt	NW	—kt	17°C	19°C	3mm
11:11 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	10s	SW	4kt	NW	—kt	15°C	20°C	1mm
12:11 PM	GOOD	0.4ft	11s	SW	6kt	NW	—kt	14°C	20°C	0mm
1:11 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	12s	SW	6kt	WNW	9kt	13°C	20°C	2mm
2:11 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	9s	SW	6kt	WNW	—kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
3:11 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	12s	SW	5kt	WSW	7kt	13°C	21°C	3mm
4:11 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	9s	SW	6kt	W	8kt	14°C	19°C	0mm
5:11 PM	GOOD	0.3ft	12s	SW	5kt	WSW	7kt	15°C	21°C	0mm
6:11 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	12s	SW	5kt	WSW	7kt	17°C	21°C	0mm
7:11 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	8s	SW	5kt	W	—kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
8:11 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	10s	SW	6kt	W	8kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
9:11 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	12s	SW	7kt	W	10kt	23°C	19°C	0mm
10:11 PM	GOOD	0.1ft	9s	SW	8kt	WNW	11kt	25°C	18°C	0mm
11:11 PM	FAIR	0.1ft	10s	SW	7kt	NW	—kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
12:11 AM	GOOD	0.2ft	11s	SW	5kt	WSW	6kt	28°C	21°C	0mm
1:11 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	12s	SW	5kt	WSW	—kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
2:11 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	8s	SW	5kt	WSW	7kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
3:11 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	9s	SW	6kt	W	8kt	29°C	19°C	2mm
4:11 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	9s	SW	6kt	W	—kt	28°C	19°C	0mm
5:11 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	8s	SW	7kt	WSW	—kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
6:11 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	9s	SW	7kt	W	—kt	25°C	20°C	0mm

Friday

May 15

FAIR7 good hours

🌊 0.3-0.9ft 💨 7-16kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
7:11 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	9s	SW	8kt	SW	12kt	23°C	18°C	0mm
8:11 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	9s	SW	7kt	W	—kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
9:11 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	9s	SW	8kt	WSW	11kt	19°C	21°C	0mm
10:11 AM	FAIR	0.3ft	9s	SW	9kt	W	13kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
11:11 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	11s	SW	9kt	WNW	12kt	15°C	21°C	2mm
12:11 PM	GOOD	0.5ft	11s	SW	8kt	WSW	12kt	14°C	19°C	0mm
1:11 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	11s	SW	9kt	SW	—kt	13°C	18°C	0mm
2:11 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	12s	SW	9kt	NW	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
3:11 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	11s	SW	12kt	WNW	16kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
4:11 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	11s	SW	12kt	WSW	—kt	14°C	18°C	2mm
5:11 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	SW	13kt	NW	—kt	15°C	19°C	2mm
6:11 PM	GOOD	0.6ft	9s	SW	12kt	WSW	16kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
7:11 PM	GOOD	0.7ft	11s	SW	11kt	WNW	—kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
8:11 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	9s	SW	14kt	WNW	—kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
9:11 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	10s	SW	12kt	NW	17kt	23°C	20°C	0mm
10:11 PM	POOR	0.7ft	11s	SW	12kt	NW	—kt	25°C	20°C	0mm
11:11 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	10s	SW	14kt	WSW	19kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
12:11 AM	GOOD	0.8ft	10s	SW	11kt	WNW	—kt	28°C	19°C	2mm
1:11 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	11s	SW	15kt	W	—kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
2:11 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	8s	SW	14kt	W	19kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
3:11 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	11s	SW	13kt	WSW	18kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
4:11 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	9s	SW	14kt	WNW	—kt	28°C	18°C	0mm
5:11 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	10s	SW	13kt	NW	—kt	27°C	18°C	0mm
6:11 AM	POOR	0.9ft	8s	SW	16kt	WSW	—kt	25°C	18°C	0mm

Saturday

May 16

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.2-0.8ft 💨 14-18kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
7:11 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	9s	SW	14kt	W	20kt	23°C	19°C	0mm
8:11 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	12s	SW	14kt	W	19kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
9:11 AM	POOR	0.8ft	10s	SW	17kt	WNW	—kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
10:11 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	9s	SW	16kt	WSW	23kt	17°C	19°C	0mm
11:11 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	10s	SW	14kt	W	19kt	15°C	20°C	3mm
12:11 PM	POOR	0.8ft	11s	SW	16kt	SW	—kt	14°C	19°C	3mm
1:11 PM	POOR	0.8ft	10s	SW	16kt	WNW	—kt	13°C	18°C	0mm
2:11 PM	POOR	0.7ft	12s	SW	15kt	WNW	21kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
3:11 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	11s	SW	14kt	NW	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
4:11 PM	POOR	0.6ft	10s	SW	17kt	NW	—kt	14°C	19°C	0mm
5:11 PM	POOR	0.7ft	9s	SW	17kt	SW	24kt	15°C	19°C	1mm
6:11 PM	POOR	0.5ft	11s	SW	18kt	WSW	25kt	17°C	19°C	0mm
7:11 PM	POOR	0.6ft	11s	SW	14kt	WNW	20kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
8:11 PM	POOR	0.5ft	12s	SW	16kt	W	—kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
9:11 PM	POOR	0.5ft	9s	SW	15kt	WNW	—kt	23°C	19°C	0mm
10:11 PM	POOR	0.4ft	11s	SW	15kt	WNW	—kt	25°C	19°C	0mm
11:11 PM	POOR	0.4ft	12s	SW	18kt	WNW	25kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
12:11 AM	POOR	0.5ft	9s	SW	17kt	WSW	24kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
1:11 AM	POOR	0.3ft	10s	SW	15kt	WSW	20kt	29°C	19°C	2mm
2:11 AM	POOR	0.3ft	12s	SW	15kt	WSW	—kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
3:11 AM	POOR	0.4ft	10s	SW	15kt	W	21kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
4:11 AM	POOR	0.3ft	12s	SW	16kt	WSW	—kt	28°C	19°C	0mm
5:11 AM	POOR	0.2ft	9s	SW	14kt	SW	—kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
6:11 AM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	15kt	NW	—kt	25°C	21°C	0mm

Forecast Summary

Best Day:Check forecast for optimal conditions

Average Swell:0.6ft @ 10s

Wind Conditions:9-17kt W

Water Temperature:18-21°C

Local Knowledge & Surf Guide

Local Knowledge

Sunset Beach in Gulf Coast, Florida is an exposed sandbar break that works infrequently, with winter being the preferred season for surfing. The waves are mostly short-period windswells coming from the southwest, with ideal offshore winds from the northeast. Surf quality is generally unaffected by tide, and even when waves are good, the spot remains uncrowded. The best conditions occur when a southwest swell aligns with northeast offshore winds, with the most consistent clean surf usually found in January.

Best Swell Direction: SW

Bottom Type: Sand

Ideal Conditions

This spot performs best under these specific conditions. Forecasts take these into account when rating surf quality.

Ideal Swell DirectionSW

Ideal Wind DirectionNE

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