Hourly Gulf Surf Report & 16-day West Florida Surf Forecast


Friday April 18 4:00 PM EDT Today's Wave height and wind

Surf & Beach Report Updated: 4:00 pm

Aloha West Florida this is the machine with the Friday afternoon Gulf surf and beach report. slight chance rain showers into the hour. Water temperature at 73 °. Barometric pressure at 29.97 in. The UV Index is (11) extreme today. Outgoing tide at Venice Pier 2.0 ↓ft...(more.) Clearwater beach west-southwest winds 8 to 10 knots; Outgoing tide 2.6 ↓ ft...(more.) Later on across the region Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Sunset is at 7:56 pm and Last light is at 8:21 pm. The moon phase is Waning Gibbous at 63% illumination and next main phase is Last Quarter on 4-20. Surf is down into the afternoon. Wave height 1.3 ft (SSE 154°) at the Egmont Channel. Dominant wave period at 4 seconds. Surf stays down over the 16-day forecast period. Keep checking the updated every fifteen minute surf reports, the six day model based surf forecast and the long-range 16 day advanced surf forecast.

Planning on beach or watersport activities today; 4 hours and 13 minutes till Last Light.

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: Waist to rib high. Onshore winds in the mix.

*Tropics

The 2025 storm names are as follows; Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Imelda, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Sebastien, Tanya, Van, Wendy, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon and Zeta.

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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 beginners surf analysis and 16 day pro surf forecast. The beginners forecast breaks it down into an easy to read format by counties; the following have their own local page. Check out the forecast:

16 Day Surf Forecast

Pro wind and wave forecast. The breakdown below is more in-depth and covers 16 days for advanced users

Forecast for Friday 18th of April 2025 thru Friday 25th of April 2025

West Florida Surf Report 1-8 Day for wind and waves.

Forecast for Saturday 26th of April 2025 thru Saturday 3rd of May 2025

West Florida Surf Report 9-16 Day for wind and waves.

Tides

West Florida Tides for over 100 locations.

East Florida Tides for over 170 locations.

More Florida 16 Day Forecasts

East Florida Surf Report 1-8 Day for wind and waves.

East Florida Surf Report 9-16 Day for wind and waves.

Florida Panhandle Surf Report 16 Day for wind and waves.

Puerto Rico 16 day Wind and Wave Forecast

Rincon Puerto Rico Surf Report 16 Day for wind and waves.

Isabella Puerto Rico Surf Report 16 Day for wind and waves.

San Juan Puerto Rico Surf Report 16 Day for wind and waves.

Venice Jetties 14 Hour Wave & Wind Forecast

Friday 04-18

Hour
EDT
Wave
Ft
Wave
Dir
Wave
Per
Wind
knots
Wind
Dir
41.6ESE2.9913.3ESE
51.7ESE3.1611.4E
61.8ESE3.2813.3E
72.0ESE3.4313.3E
82.1ESE3.5611.4ESE
92.0ESE3.7111.4ESE
102.0ESE3.811.4ESE
111.9SE3.897.6SE
121.7SE3.937.6S
131.5SE3.945.7SSW
141.4SE3.945.7SW
151.2SE3.925.7WSW
161.1SE3.925.7W
171.0SE3.973.8WSW
181.0SE4.13.8WSW

Bonus: Focused 3-Day Hourly.

There are no bacteria advisories for Sarasota County beaches. View report.

Crows Nest Marina Guage

Venice Inlet at the Marina (2025-04-18 15:00 EDT.) The water temperature is at 75.7 ° and water height is at 1.00 ft.

Marine Forecast & Alerts

Synopsis and Marine Forecast links updated by the NWS
High pressure will remain over the region for the next several days with southeast winds turning onshore with the sea breeze each afternoon. Winds and seas will remain below headlines for the most part, but will increase some each evening and overnight to near- exercise caution levels. && Source: FZUS52 KTBW NWS - Synopsis

Waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 to 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

No Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for these Florida counties: Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, Collier, Manatee, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Citrus and Monroe (Issued by the National Weather Service) Last updated by the Swellmachine at 4:00 pm

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.

Coastal Sarasota FL

This includes all County beaches such as Lido Beach, Siesta Key, Point of Rocks, Turtle Beach, Nokomis North Jetty, Venice South Jetty, Manasota Beach and more.
NWS Forecast released on Friday 18th of April 2025 03:14 PM.
Tonight
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east with gusts up to 20 mph after midnight.

SWFL Moon Phases & Name

Current moon phase is Waning Gibbous. Percentage of moon's disk illuminated is 63% and gradually becomes less illuminated. The next main phase is Last Quarter on 4-20. This begins in 2 days, 5 hours and 37 minutes. The present lunar month and orbital period is 29 days, 14 hours and 21 minutes . The Moon's age and time elapsed into this period is 20 days, 8 hours and 59 minutes. Astronomical Moon phases below:

04-20 9:37 PM Last Quarter
04-27 3:33 PM New Moon
05-04 9:53 AM First Quarter
05-12 12:58 PM Full Moon

The April Full Moon is also known as the Pink Full Moon.

The Paschal Full Moon is on April 13 2025. Therefore; Easter Sunday is on April 20. The Easter date is determined by the Paschal Full Moon which is the first (ecclesiastic) full moon after the spring equinox. The Easter date is always the next Sunday after (never on) the Paschal full moon. This is the reason for the shifting Easter date. The Paschal and the Astronomical Full Moon are not necessarily on the same day.

Expanded Moon Phase Time and Dates

SWFL Moon Rise & Set

04-18 12:26 AM Moonrise
04-18 10:37 AM Moonset
04-19 1:19 AM Moonrise
04-19 11:34 AM Moonset

SWFL Sun Rise & Sunset Set

April 18, 2025 (Friday)

First Light6:36 am
Sunrise7:01 am
Sunset7:56 pm
Last Light8:21 pm

April 19, 2025 (Saturday)

First Light6:35 am
Sunrise7:00 am
Sunset7:56 pm
Last Light8:21 pm

New: 120 day Sunrise and Sunset scheduele

Astronomical Seasons

Vernal Equinox 3-20-2025
Summmer Solstice 6-20-2025
Autumn Equinox 9-22-2025
Winter Solstice 12-21-2025

JDN: 2460784.33843

Venice Jetty/Inlet [inside] Tides

04-182:47 PM 2.22 ftHigh
04-1912:00 AM -0.15 ftLow
04-193:39 PM 2.13 ftHigh
Extended: Venice Inlet Tides
Nearby: Venice Pier Tides

St. Petersburg Tides

04-1812:32 AM -0.22 ftLow
04-184:49 PM 2.44 ftHigh
04-191:38 AM -0.17 ftLow
04-195:41 PM 2.34 ftHigh
St. Petersburg Tides

Captiva Island Tides

04-1812:12 AM -0.20 ftLow
04-184:03 PM 2.22 ftHigh
04-191:18 AM -0.15 ftLow
04-194:55 PM 2.13 ftHigh
Captiva Island (Pine Island Sound) Tides
Captiva Island (Outside) Tides
North Captiva Island Tides

42098 Buoy

Egmont Channel
Timestamp 03:26 PM EDT
Swell Direction : 154 ° SSE
Wave height: 1.3 ft
Dominant Wave Period : 4 s
Average Wave Period : 3.2 s
TimeWave HeightPeriodDirection
03:26 PM 1.34SSE
02:56 PM 1.34SSE
02:26 PM 1.34SSE
01:56 PM 1.34SSE
01:26 PM 1.34SSE
12:56 PM 1.33SE
12:26 PM 1.34SSE
11:56 AM 1.63SSE
11:26 AM 1.63SSE
10:56 AM 1.63SE
10:26 AM 1.63SE
09:56 AM 1.63SE
09:26 AM 1.63SE
08:56 AM 1.63ESE
08:26 AM 1.63ESE
07:56 AM 1.63E
07:26 AM 1.63SE
06:56 AM 1.63ESE
06:26 AM 1.63ESE
05:56 AM 1.33ESE

42099 Buoy

St. Petersburg Offshore
Timestamp 03:30 PM EDT
Swell Direction : 110 ° ESE
Wave height: 2.9 ft
Dominant Wave Period : 5 s
Average Wave Period : 3.7 s
TimeWave HeightPeriodDirection
03:30 PM 3.05ESE
03:00 PM 3.05ESE
02:30 PM 3.35ESE
02:00 PM 3.35ESE
01:30 PM 3.65ESE
01:00 PM 3.65ESE
12:30 PM 3.64ESE
11:30 AM 3.04ESE
11:00 AM 3.04ESE
10:30 AM 2.64ESE
09:30 AM 2.33E
09:00 AM 2.03E
08:30 AM 2.03E
08:00 AM 1.63E
07:30 AM 1.63E
07:00 AM 2.03E
06:30 AM 2.03E
06:00 AM 2.03E
05:30 AM 2.03ENE
05:00 AM 1.63E

42097 Buoy

Pulley Ridge
Timestamp 03:26 PM EDT
Swell Direction : 105 ° ESE
Wave height: 3.6 ft
Dominant Wave Period : 5 s
Average Wave Period : 4.0 s
TimeWave HeightPeriodDirection
03:26 PM 3.65ESE
02:56 PM 3.95E
02:26 PM 3.95E
01:56 PM 3.65E
01:26 PM 3.65ESE
12:56 PM 3.35ESE
12:26 PM 3.05ESE
11:56 AM 3.05ESE
11:26 AM 3.04ESE
10:56 AM 2.64ESE
10:26 AM 2.64ESE
09:56 AM 2.64ESE
09:26 AM 2.33ESE
08:56 AM 2.34ESE
08:26 AM 2.03ESE
07:56 AM 2.03E
07:26 AM 2.03E
06:56 AM 1.63ENE
06:26 AM 1.65N
05:56 AM 1.64NNW

42036 Wave Buoy

West Tampa
Timestamp 03:10 PM EDT
Swell Direction : 110 ° ESE
Wave height: 2.6 ft
Average Wave Period : 3.9 s
TimeWave HeightPeriodDirection
02:50 PM 3.05ESE
01:50 PM 3.05E
12:50 PM 3.04ESE
12:20 PM 2.65SE
11:50 AM 3.05SE
08:50 AM 2.34ESE
08:20 AM 2.03ESE
07:50 AM 1.63ESE
06:50 AM 1.33E
05:50 AM 1.33E
04:50 AM 1.03E
04:20 AM 1.03E
10:50 PM 1.03ENE
09:50 PM 1.03ENE
08:50 PM 1.33ENE
08:20 PM 1.34ENE
07:50 PM 1.34ENE
06:50 PM 1.63NE
06:20 PM 1.33NE
05:50 PM 1.64NNE

CWBF1 Wind Station

Clearwater
Timestamp: 03:18 PM EDT
Wind Direction : 250 ° WSW
Wind Speed: 7.6 kts
Wind Gusts: 9.5 kts
Baromertic Pressure: 1022.9 mb
Air Temperature: 74 °f
TimeWind ktsGusts ktsCardinal
03:18 PM 7.69.5WSW
03:00 PM 9.511.4W
02:48 PM 11.411.4W
02:30 PM 1.97.6SW
02:18 PM 9.511.4ESE
02:00 PM 5.79.5ESE
01:48 PM 7.611.4ESE
01:18 PM 5.711.4ESE
01:00 PM 5.711.4ESE
12:48 PM 7.611.4ESE
12:30 PM 7.69.5E
12:06 PM 5.711.4E
11:48 AM 7.69.5E
11:18 AM 5.79.5ESE
10:54 AM 5.79.5E
10:30 AM 5.79.5E
10:18 AM 5.77.6E
09:48 AM 7.69.5E
09:18 AM 7.613.3ESE
09:00 AM 5.79.5ESE

42013 C-10 Wind Station

Sarasota C-10
Timestamp: 02:35 PM EDT
Wind Direction : 200 ° SSW
Wind Speed: 7.6 kts
Wind Gusts: 9.5 kts
Baromertic Pressure: 1023.3 mb
Water Temperature: 73 °f
TimeWind ktsGusts ktsCardinal
02:00 PM 7.6 9.5 SSW
01:00 PM 7.6 9.5 S
12:00 PM 7.6 11.4 SE
11:00 AM 11.4 13.3 SE
07:00 AM 13.3 17.1 ESE
07:00 AM 13.3 17.1 ESE
07:00 AM 13.3 17.1 ESE
07:00 AM 13.3 17.1 ESE
06:00 AM 11.4 15.2 ESE
05:00 AM 11.4 15.2 ESE

Venice Municipal Airport, FL

181955Z 10SM CLR 26/19
181935Z 10SM CLR 26/19
181915Z 10SM CLR 26/19
181855Z 10SM CLR 27/19
181835Z 10SM CLR 30/15
181815Z 10SM CLR 30/13

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