Florida Surf Report/Forecast and Tropical Outlook for August 19th 2024
- August 19, 2024
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- By Story/Photos By Bryan - SurfGuru
Atlantic Surf Report and Forecast
Monday: The Ernesto swell is still in the water this morning. We’re seeing waist-high waves with occasional bigger sets coming in fairly consistently, though you might need to wait a bit for the right one. The swell direction is ENE at about 11 seconds, with SW winds shifting to the south later in the day. Expect a few chest-high sets at the better spots.
Tuesday: We should still have plenty of surf in the water to start the day but size will be on a downward trend, dropping back to normal summer time conditions by the mid-week.
Looking ahead: We are back to knee to thigh for the rest of the week with a little trade winds bump for the weekend as an area of High pressure emerges from the East coast and heads out into the Atlantic.
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South Florida Surf report and Forecast
Monday: PBC and north may see the last leftovers from Ernesto today but they are fading fast. South of there is still in the shadow and looking small to flat. Jupiter was looking fun on the bigger boards this morning so there is still a little bump out there.
Tuesday: Back to smaller conditions. W3e are small to flat across the region.
Looking ahead:
Not much going on for the rest of the week. We may see a little wind swell bump this weekend.
Gulf Coast Surf report and Forecast
Monday:
Gulfsters: Small to flat.
Panhandle: Knee to thigh short period wind swell with West winds. Smaller East of St George Island.
Tuesday:
Gulfsters: Short period little wind swell bump with SW onshore winds.
Panhandle: Small to flat.
Looking ahead:
Gulfsters: Staying Small to flat for most of the week. Maybe a little wind swell bump on Wednesday.
Panhandle: Staying Small to flat for the start of next week.
Tropics and Hurricane Forecast
Ernesto is back to a Cat 1 and moving into the Northern Atlantic and loosing strength. The swell impact should start to wane as we enter the work week and be gone by mid week.
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Have a great one and stay safe! - Bryan
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