Captiva Island Surf Report and Captiva Island Surf Forecast

surf

0ft - 1ft

wind

6mph SSE cross shore

swell

1ft 3s NNW

weather

89°f

uv index

water

°f

water quality

Good

wind wave

none

next tide

High at 2:22 am

updated 11 hours ago

captiva island surf report

Friday: Small to flat

captiva island surf forecast

Weekend:
Gulfsters: Staying small.

Panhandle: Less than foot this weekend with surf mostly just breaking on the shore.

Looking ahead:
Gulfsters: Staying small for next week.

Panhandle: Westerly winds push up periods of SW wind swell for next week with a south background bump adding in a little extra size. Tuesday looks like it will be the bigger of the days at around thigh high.

swell

Today
8/14

0ft - 1ft

Saturday
8/15

0ft - 1ft

1ft - 2ft

Sunday
8/16

0ft - 1ft

Monday
8/17

0ft - 1ft

Tuesday
8/18

0ft - 1ft

Wednesday
8/19

0ft - 1ft

Thursday
8/20

0ft - 1ft

wind (mph)

swell model

period model

wind model

buoys

Pulley Ridge (42097)

2.6ft

ESE

0ft

10.5s

West Tampa (42036)

1.3ft

SSW

1ft

7.7s

SSW

East Gulf (42003)

station not reporting

Friday, August 14

	surf	swell	wind	weatherwx
5am	1ft	0.8ft 3s NNW 0.8ft 3s NNW	7mph East offshore	84°f

8am

0-1ft

0.6ft

NNW

0.6ft

NNW

0.2ft

7mph

East

offshore

84°f

11am

0-1ft

0.5ft

NNW

0.4ft

6mph

East

offshore

87°f

11am	0-1ft	0.5ft 3s NNW 0.4ft 3s NW	6mph East offshore	87°f
2pm	0-1ft	0.5ft 3s NW 0.4ft 3s NW 0.3ft 2s SE	6mph WSW onshore	88°f

5pm

0-1ft

0.4ft

0.3ft

10mph

WNW

onshore

88°f

8pm

0-1ft

0.7ft

0.3ft

SSE

12mph

North

cross shore

86°f

Saturday, August 15

	surf	swell	wind	weatherwx
5am	1-2ft	1.8ft 4s SE 0.5ft 3s NNW	12mph ESE offshore	83°f

8am

1-2ft

1.5ft

0.4ft

NNW

0.2ft

10mph

East

offshore

83°f

11am

1-2ft

1.7ft

0.3ft

0.2ft

9mph

cross shore

87°f

11am	1-2ft	1.7ft 3s SE 0.3ft 3s NW 0.2ft 4s NW	9mph SE cross shore	87°f
2pm	1-2ft	1.8ft 4s SSE 1.8ft 4s SE 0.3ft 4s NW	7mph WSW onshore	88°f

5pm

1-2ft

1.6ft

SSE

1.6ft

SSE

0.2ft

9mph

West

onshore

88°f

8pm

1ft

1.2ft

SSE

1.2ft

SSE

0.2ft

7mph

ENE

offshore

86°f

Sunday, August 16

	surf	swell	wind	weatherwx
5am	1-2ft	1.5ft 4s SSE	9mph SE cross shore	83°f

8am

1-2ft

1.4ft

SSE

8mph

ESE

offshore

84°f

11am

1ft

1.2ft

SSE

1.2ft

SSE

7mph

cross shore

87°f

11am	1ft	1.2ft 4s SSE 1.2ft 4s SSE	7mph SE cross shore	87°f
2pm	1ft	1ft 4s SSE 1ft 4s SSE 0.2ft 7s South	8mph SW onshore	88°f

5pm

1ft

0.8ft

SSE

0.8ft

SSE

0.2ft

South

12mph

West

onshore

89°f

8pm

1ft

0.9ft

SSE

0.6ft

SSE

0.2ft

South

13mph

WNW

onshore

87°f

Monday, August 17

	surf	swell	wind	weatherwx
5am	0-1ft	0.7ft 3s NNW 0.5ft 4s South 0.5ft 3s NNW	7mph North cross shore	83°f

8am

0-1ft

0.6ft

NNW

0.4ft

South

0.4ft

NNW

7mph

North

offshore

84°f

11am

0-1ft

0.5ft

0.4ft

South

0.3ft

NNW

6mph

cross shore

88°f

11am	0-1ft	0.5ft 3s NW 0.4ft 4s South 0.3ft 3s NNW	6mph NW cross shore	88°f
2pm	0-1ft	0.5ft 3s West 0.4ft 4s South 0.2ft 3s SE	10mph West onshore	88°f

5pm

0-1ft

0.8ft

0.3ft

South

16mph

WNW

onshore

88°f

8pm

1ft

1.2ft

0.3ft

South

20mph

cross shore

86°f

Tuesday, August 18

	surf	swell	wind	weatherwx
5am	1ft	1.1ft 3s NW 0.2ft 4s SSE	9mph NW cross shore	84°f

8am

1ft

0.9ft

0.2ft

South

8mph

cross shore

85°f

11am

1ft

0.9ft

8mph

cross shore

87°f

11am	1ft	0.9ft 3s NW	8mph NW cross shore	87°f
2pm	1ft	0.9ft 3s NW 0.2ft 4s South	13mph WNW onshore	88°f

5pm

1ft

16mph

WNW

onshore

88°f

8pm

1ft

17mph

WNW

onshore

86°f

Wednesday, August 19

	surf	swell	wind	weatherwx
5am	1ft	1.1ft 4s NW	9mph WNW onshore	84°f

8am

1ft

7mph

WNW

onshore

85°f

11am

1ft

8mph

West

onshore

88°f

11am	1ft	1ft 4s NW 1ft 4s NW	8mph West onshore	88°f
2pm	1ft	1ft 4s NW 1ft 4s NW	12mph West onshore	88°f

5pm

1ft

15mph

West

onshore

88°f

8pm

1ft

15mph

WNW

onshore

86°f

Thursday, August 20

	surf	swell	wind	weatherwx
5am	1ft	1ft 5s NW 1ft 5s NW	7mph WNW onshore	85°f

8am

1ft

6mph

West

onshore

85°f

11am

1ft

0.9ft

7mph

WSW

onshore

87°f

11am	1ft	0.9ft 5s NW 0.9ft 5s NW	7mph WSW onshore	87°f
2pm	1ft	0.9ft 5s NW 0.9ft 5s NW	10mph West onshore	88°f

5pm

1ft

0.9ft

13mph

West

onshore

88°f

8pm

1ft

0.9ft

12mph

WNW

onshore

86°f

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