Hourly Gulf Surf Report & 6-day West Florida Surf Forecast

Sunday December 5 6:45 PM EST

Surf & Beach Report Updated: 6:45 pm

Aloha West Florida this is the machine with the Sunday sunset Gulf surf and beach report. Mostly cloudy into the hour. Air temperature at 70°. Water temperature at 68 °. Slightly humid air across the region and somewhat comfortable outside with the dew point at 63°. The UV Index is (4) moderate today. Currently north-northwest winds around 8 knots on Venice Beach; Incomming tide at 1.6 ↑ ft...(more.) Clearwater beach north winds around 4 knots; Incomming tide 1.5 ↑ ft...(more.) Later on across the region Northeast winds around 5 knots then becoming east after midnight . Surf is down into the sunset . Surf stays down over the six day forecast period. However; that is what wave models are suggesting at this moment. Keep checking the updated every fifteen minute surf reports, the six day model based surf forecast and the eight day advanced surf report.

Check out the full East Florida Surf forecast, weather forecast, marine forecast, buoy observations, beach cams, watches and warnings. The Swellmachine currently posting (EFL) surf: Shin to thigh.

Tropics

Tropical Update: There are no current Special Tropical Weather Outlooks issued; however the latest off-season updates can be viewed on the Tropical Atlantic page. Special Tropical Weather Outlooks are updated by the National Hurricane Center as necessary during the off-season. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th.

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6-day Gulf Surf, Wind, Wave & Tide Forecast

In addition to up to the minute comprehensive reporting. Take a look into the future with the Swellmachine's free 6-day model based surf analysis and forecast. Breaking it down into an easy to read format by counties; the following have their own local page. Check out the forecast:

Pinellas & Pasco Sarasota & Manatee Charlotte & Lee

Pro Wave and Wind

Advanced user report. The section above breaks down the surf forecast in an easy to read format and is based on these advanced reports. The breakdown below is more in-depth and covers 8 days. This Includes ( West Florida and ) East Florida. This is a great reference for planning on heading east.

Forecast for Sunday 5th of December 2021 thru Sunday 12th of December 2021

West Florida Surf Report 8 Day for wind and waves.

East Florida Surf Report 8 Day for wind and waves.

Tides

West Florida Tides for over 100 locations.

East Florida Tides for over 170 locations.

Marine Forecast & Alerts

There are No active marine watches, warnings or advisories for Bonita Beach to Suwannee River, FL (Issued by the National Weather Service) Last updated by the Swellmachine at 6:45 pm

Synopsis and Marine Forecast links updated by the NWS 228 PM EST Sun Dec 5 2021

Weather in the Gulf looks to be nice and quiet for much of the work week. The main concern for boaters should be some possible sea fog that could set up Tuesday morning from the Pinellas coastline and north. A weak cold front will push through our northern waters on Wednesday giving us a chance to see some isolated showers. Source: FZUS52 KTBW NWS - Synopsis

Bonita Beach to Suwannee River, FL out 60 nm (Check in near real time) Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories.

Gulf of Mexico Marine Watches, Warnings and Advisories for the entire Gulf of Mexico.

Marine Forecast for the entire Gulf Of Mexico

Weather Forecasts, Watches, Warnings and Advisories

Coastal Flood Statement issued December 05 at 5:31PM EST until December 06 at 5:00AM EST by NWS
Affected Areas: Monroe Lower Keys; Monroe Middle Keys
Coastal Flood Statement

Note: Alerts posted in this section above are filtered to display these Florida Counties: Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, Collier, Manatee, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Citrus and Monroe. View all Weather alerts for the entire state of Florida.

Weather Forecast for these Coastal West Florida Counties: Coastal Citrus , Coastal Hernando , Coastal Pasco , Coastal Hillsborough , Coastal Pinellas , Coastal Manatee , Coastal Sarasota , Coastal Charlotte , Coastal Lee , Coastal Collier County and Lower Monroe (Key West).

West Florida Watches, Warnings and Advisories (filtered results in near real time) for these West Florida Counties: Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, Collier, Manatee, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Citrus and Monroe.

Florida Weather Menu covering entire state. Coastal and inland counties. Alerts, watches and warning includes with each forecast.

All Florida Watches, Warnings and Advisories for the state of Florida.

Swellmachine features a weather forecast below for one West Florida location below.

Venice Jetty (Inlet)

NWS Forecast below released on Saturday 4th of December 2021 01:22 PM.

This Afternoon

Mostly sunny. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. West northwest wind around 8 mph.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. North wind around 6 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny. High near 77, with temperatures falling to around 73 in the afternoon. North wind around 7 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Northeast wind around 3 mph.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 2 to 6 mph.

12-hour hourly WX

Sun Dec 05 06 PM	Mostly Cloudy	71 °	NW	5 mph
Sun Dec 05 07 PM	Mostly Cloudy	69 °	N	3 mph
Sun Dec 05 08 PM	Mostly Cloudy	69 °	N	3 mph
Sun Dec 05 09 PM	Mostly Cloudy	69 °	NNE	3 mph
Sun Dec 05 10 PM	Mostly Cloudy	68 °	NE	3 mph
Sun Dec 05 11 PM	Mostly Cloudy	67 °	NE	3 mph
Mon Dec 06 12 AM	Partly Cloudy	66 °	NE	5 mph
Mon Dec 06 01 AM	Partly Cloudy	66 °	NE	5 mph
Mon Dec 06 02 AM	Partly Cloudy	65 °	ENE	5 mph
Mon Dec 06 03 AM	Partly Cloudy	64 °	ENE	5 mph
Mon Dec 06 04 AM	Partly Cloudy	64 °	ENE	5 mph
Mon Dec 06 05 AM	Mostly Cloudy	64 °	E	5 mph
Mon Dec 06 06 AM	Partly Sunny	64 °	E	5 mph

Cold Front: Gulf of Mexico

A surface ridge of high pressure extends from north Florida southwestward across the Gulf of Mexico. Gentle to moderate anticyclonic winds prevail across most of the basin, with seas of 1 to 3 ft. Moderate to locally fresh winds are present offshore southern Texas and NE Mexico, where seas are 3 to 4 ft. Cloudiness and possible isolated showers are offshore southern Texas, with mostly dry conditions elsewhere. High pressure will linger across the NE Gulf through the middle of the week. Winds will pulse to moderate to fresh in the western and central Gulf through the next several days while tranquil conditions persist in the eastern Gulf. A weak cold front will move into the Texas coastal waters Mon evening and bring fresh to locally strong northerly winds behind the front during the evening. The front will stall before retreating inland Tue. The weak front will move back offshore by Wed evening, quickly stalling again and moving back inland early Thu.

Source: (NHC)

Red Tide

Image credit: FWC
Image Last Modified on : Wednesday 11-10-21

SWFL Moon Phases & Name

12-10	8:37 PM	First Quarter
12-18	11:37 PM	Full Moon
12-26	9:26 PM	Last Quarter
2022-01-02	1:35 PM	New Moon

The December Full Moon is also known as the Cold Full Moon.

SWFL Moon Rise & Set

12-05	8:36 AM	Moonrise
12-05	7:05 PM	Moonset
12-06	9:42 AM	Moonrise
12-06	8:12 PM	Moonset

SWFL Sun Rise & Sunset Set

December 5, 2021 (Sunday)

First Light	6:38 am
Sunrise	7:05 am
Sunset	5:36 pm
Last Light	6:02 pm

December 6, 2021 (Monday)

First Light	6:39 am
Sunrise	7:06 am
Sunset	5:36 pm
Last Light	6:02 pm

New: 120 day Sunrise and Sunset scheduele

Venice Jetty/Inlet [inside] Tides

12-05	7:24 AM	-0.80 ft	Low
12-05	2:57 PM	1.23 ft	High
12-05	5:02 PM	1.21 ft	Low
12-05	11:29 PM	2.54 ft	High
12-06	8:18 AM	-0.75 ft	Low

Extended: Venice Inlet Tides
Nearby: Venice Pier Tides

St. Petersburg Tides

12-05	12:47 AM	2.78 ft	High
12-05	9:02 AM	-0.88 ft	Low
12-05	4:59 PM	1.35 ft	High
12-05	6:40 PM	1.33 ft	Low
12-06	1:31 AM	2.79 ft	High
12-06	9:56 AM	-0.83 ft	Low

St. Petersburg Tides

Captiva Island Tides

12-05	12:01 AM	2.53 ft	High
12-05	8:42 AM	-0.80 ft	Low
12-05	4:13 PM	1.23 ft	High
12-05	6:20 PM	1.21 ft	Low
12-06	12:45 AM	2.54 ft	High
12-06	9:36 AM	-0.75 ft	Low

Captiva Island (Pine Island Sound) Tides
Captiva Island (Outside) Tides
North Captiva Island Tides

42098 Buoy

Egmont Channel
Timestamp 03:56 PM EST
Wave height: 0.6 ft
Average Wave Period : 2.6 s

Time	Wave Height	Period	Direction
03:56 PM EST	0.7	--	--
03:26 PM EST	0.3	--	--
02:56 PM EST	0.3	--	--
02:56 PM EST	0.3	--	--
01:26 PM EST	0.7	--	--
12:56 PM EST	0.7	--	--
12:56 PM EST	0.7	--	--
12:26 PM EST	0.7	--	--
11:56 AM EST	0.7	--	--
11:56 AM EST	0.7	--	--
11:26 AM EST	1.0	2	ENE
10:56 AM EST	1.0	3	NE
10:26 AM EST	1.0	3	ENE
09:56 AM EST	1.0	3	--
09:56 AM EST	1.0	3	NE
09:26 AM EST	1.0	3	NE
08:56 AM EST	1.0	3	--
08:56 AM EST	1.0	3	NE
08:26 AM EST	1.0	3	NNE
07:56 AM EST	1.0	2	--

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42099 Buoy

St. Petersburg Offshore
Timestamp 05:56 PM EST
Swell Direction : 115 ° ESE
Wave height: 1.6 ft
Dominant Wave Period : 3 s
Average Wave Period : 3.2 s

Time	Wave Height	Period	Direction
05:56 PM EST	1.6	3	ESE
05:26 PM EST	1.6	4	ESE
04:56 PM EST	1.3	4	E
04:26 PM EST	1.6	4	E
03:56 PM EST	1.3	4	E
03:26 PM EST	1.6	4	E
02:56 PM EST	1.6	4	E
02:26 PM EST	1.6	4	E
01:56 PM EST	1.6	4	E
01:26 PM EST	1.6	4	E
12:56 PM EST	1.3	4	E
12:26 PM EST	1.3	3	E
11:56 AM EST	1.3	3	E
11:26 AM EST	1.3	3	E
10:56 AM EST	1.3	3	E
10:26 AM EST	1.3	3	E
09:56 AM EST	1.3	3	E
09:26 AM EST	1.3	3	ENE
08:56 AM EST	1.0	2	ENE
08:26 AM EST	1.0	2	ENE

42097 Buoy

Pulley Ridge
Timestamp 05:56 PM EST
Swell Direction : 85 ° E
Wave height: 1.9 ft
Dominant Wave Period : 4 s
Average Wave Period : 3.2 s

Time	Wave Height	Period	Direction
05:56 PM EST	2.0	4	E
05:26 PM EST	2.0	4	ENE
04:56 PM EST	2.0	4	ENE
04:26 PM EST	2.0	4	ENE
03:56 PM EST	1.6	4	E
03:26 PM EST	2.0	4	E
02:56 PM EST	2.0	4	E
02:26 PM EST	2.0	4	E
01:56 PM EST	2.0	4	E
01:26 PM EST	1.6	4	E
12:56 PM EST	1.6	4	ESE
12:26 PM EST	2.0	4	ESE
11:56 AM EST	2.0	4	ESE
11:26 AM EST	1.6	4	E
10:56 AM EST	1.6	4	ESE
10:26 AM EST	1.6	4	ESE
09:56 AM EST	1.6	4	ESE
09:26 AM EST	1.6	4	ESE
08:56 AM EST	1.6	4	ESE
08:26 AM EST	1.6	4	ESE

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42036 Wave Buoy

West Tampa
Timestamp 05:50 PM EST
Swell Direction : 110 ° ESE
Wave height: 0.9 ft
Dominant Wave Period : 3 s
Average Wave Period : 3.3 s

Time	Wave Height	Period	Direction
05:50 PM EST	1.0	3	ESE
04:50 PM EST	1.0	3	ESE
03:50 PM EST	1.0	3	ESE
02:50 PM EST	1.0	3	ESE
01:50 PM EST	1.0	3	SE
12:50 PM EST	1.0	3	SE
11:50 AM EST	1.0	2	SE
03:50 AM EST	1.0	3	SE
06:50 PM EST	1.0	7	SW
05:50 PM EST	1.0	7	SW
04:50 PM EST	1.0	7	SSW
03:50 PM EST	1.0	7	SW
02:50 PM EST	1.0	7	SSW
01:50 PM EST	1.0	8	SW
11:50 AM EST	1.0	7	SSW
10:50 AM EST	1.0	4	WNW
09:50 AM EST	1.0	4	WNW
08:50 AM EST	1.0	4	WNW
07:50 AM EST	1.0	4	WNW
06:50 AM EST	1.0	4	WNW

VENF1 Wind Station

Venice
Timestamp: 06:00 PM EST
Wind Direction : 340 ° NNW
Wind Speed: 7.6 kts
Wind Gusts: 7.6 kts
Baromertic Pressure: 1018.6 mb
Air Temperature: 70 °f
Water Temperature: 68 °f
Dew Point: 63 °f

Time	Wind kts	Gusts kts	Cardinal
06:00 PM EST	7.6	7.6	NNW
05:00 PM EST	7.6	7.6	NNW
04:00 PM EST	3.8	3.8	NW
03:00 PM EST	5.7	5.7	WNW
02:00 PM EST	5.7	5.7	W
01:00 PM EST	5.7	5.7	W
12:00 PM EST	1.9	3.8	NE
11:00 AM EST	3.8	5.7	ENE
10:00 AM EST	5.7	7.6	ENE
09:00 AM EST	5.7	5.7	NE
08:00 AM EST	7.6	9.5	ENE
07:00 AM EST	7.6	9.5	NE
06:00 AM EST	5.7	7.6	ENE
05:00 AM EST	5.7	7.6	ENE
04:00 AM EST	7.6	7.6	NE
03:00 AM EST	7.6	7.6	NE
02:00 AM EST	5.7	7.6	ENE
01:00 AM EST	3.8	5.7	NE
12:00 AM EST	5.7	5.7	NE
11:00 PM EST	5.7	5.7	NE

CWBF1 Wind Station

Clearwater
Timestamp: 05:42 PM EST
Wind Direction : 10 ° N
Wind Speed: 3.8 kts
Wind Gusts: 3.8 kts
Baromertic Pressure: 1019.4 mb
Air Temperature: 68 °f
Water Temperature: 67 °f

Time	Wind kts	Gusts kts	Cardinal
05:42 PM EST	3.8	3.8	N
05:30 PM EST	3.8	3.8	N
05:18 PM EST	3.8	5.7	N
05:00 PM EST	5.7	5.7	N
04:48 PM EST	3.8	5.7	N
04:30 PM EST	3.8	5.7	N
04:18 PM EST	5.7	5.7	N
04:00 PM EST	3.8	5.7	NNW
03:48 PM EST	3.8	5.7	NNW
03:30 PM EST	3.8	5.7	NNW
03:18 PM EST	5.7	5.7	NNW
03:00 PM EST	5.7	5.7	NNW
02:48 PM EST	5.7	7.6	NNW
02:30 PM EST	5.7	5.7	NNW
02:18 PM EST	3.8	5.7	NNW
02:00 PM EST	3.8	5.7	NNW
01:48 PM EST	5.7	5.7	NNW
01:30 PM EST	7.6	7.6	NNW
01:12 PM EST	7.6	7.6	NNW
01:00 PM EST	7.6	7.6	NW

BGCF1 Wind Station

Big Carlos
Timestamp: 04:54 PM EST
Wind Direction : 60 ° ENE
Wind Speed: 3.8 kts
Wind Gusts: 5.7 kts
Air Temperature: 78 °f

Time	Wind kts	Gusts kts	Cardinal
03:00 PM	5.7	9.5	ENE
02:00 PM	3.8	5.7	NNE
01:00 PM	3.8	5.7	ENE
12:00 PM	1.9	3.8	ESE
11:00 AM	1.9	3.8	ENE
09:00 AM	3.8	5.7	ENE
09:00 AM	3.8	5.7	ENE
08:00 AM	7.6	9.5	NE
07:00 AM	3.8	7.6	NE
06:00 AM	5.7	7.6	NE

42013 C-10 Wind Station

Sarasota C-10
Timestamp: 05:30 PM EST
Wind Direction : 360 ° N
Wind Speed: 7.6 kts
Wind Gusts: 7.6 kts
Air Temperature: 69 °f
Water Temperature: 69 °f

Time	Wind kts	Gusts kts	Cardinal
04:00 PM	5.7	7.6	NNW
03:00 PM	3.8	3.8	NNW
02:00 PM	3.8	3.8	N
01:00 PM	3.8	3.8	ENE
12:00 PM	5.7	5.7	NE
10:00 AM	7.6	7.6	NE
10:00 AM	7.6	7.6	NE
09:00 AM	9.5	11.4	ENE
08:00 AM	9.5	11.4	ENE
07:00 AM	9.5	13.3	ENE

Sunday Dec 5 Ocean Model Data GFS

Covering West Central and South West Florida for one day.

West Central Florida

Eastern Time	4am	7am	10am	1pm	4pm	7pm
Wind Kts	5.7	5.7	3.8	1.9	3.8	3.8
Wind Dir	NE	NE	NE	N	NW	NNW
Wave Ft	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
Wave Dir	NE	NE	NE	N	S	NNW
Period	1.41	1.52	1.54	2.11	4.1	3.94

South West Florida

Eastern Time	4am	7am	10am	1pm	4pm	7pm
Wind Kts	3.8	0	0	3.8	5.7	5.7
Wind Dir	NE	SE	NNW	N	N	N
Wave Ft	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.7
Wave Dir	N	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE
Period	2.19	2.2	2.15	2.17	2.23	2.25

West Florida Models 8 Days for wind and waves.

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