HMO's Surf Report & Forecast

Surf Report and Surf Forecast

Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR

Surf Height

2-3FT+

Thigh to stomach

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

4.8FT6s
SE145º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

14KTSSE

19kts gusts, Onshore

Model Forecast
Satellite map of location

Tide

1.6FT

Temperature

79°F

spotName Wind & Weather
79ºF

Rashguard

Rob Mitstifer

Panhandle Forecast

Rob Mitstifer •

Today

Still holding on with chest+ and up to shoulder high surf off local windswell. ESE/SE winds.

The direction shifts a little more SE allowing for more size to work in for PCB but this is still smaller than western beaches. Worth a look since we are in the summer season with breaks from Destin and further west up into the chest high range. Continued moderate to fresh ESE winds favoring the west side of piers/jetties for best conditions.

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HMO's Surf Guide

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On big days, the right-hander can be a spectacularly large, winding point wave that breaks on a shallow sandbar far outside of the east jetty of Destin Pass. The pr... 
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